Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1/29/1976
Commonwealth v. Davis
Citations
- 351 A.2d 642
- 466 Pa. 102
- 1976 Pa. LEXIS 457
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- \The fact that [the witness] was unable to identify appellant at the lineup is relevant to only the weight and credibility of his testimony.\
- “The fact that [the witness] was unable to identify appellant at the lineup is relevant to only the weight and credibility of his testimony.”
- \We . . . do not determine the remedy to be applied if arresting officers act outside their jurisdiction.\
- court refused to grant a mistrial where defendant failed to offer evidence indicating that jurors had in fact seen him in handcuffs in a hallway outside the courtroom
- “a defendant should be allowed to wear the garb of innocence”
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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Jones
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58 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-07-18· cited 593×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-10-06· cited 387×
- Commonwealth v. EnglandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-07-08· cited 119×
- Commonwealth v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-02· cited 113×
- Commonwealth v. GrossmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-13· cited 76×
- Stewart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-05-01· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. SilverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-09-28· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. BakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-18· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. BennettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-06· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. BonasorteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-21· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. MagwoodSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-13· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. SampleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-11-18· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. GraySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-07-11· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. ErnstSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-12-01· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. MintonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-04-03· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. JasperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-05-21· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. FiumeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-10-30· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. BooneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-05-08· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. ChewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-01-30· cited 31×
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