Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/5/1979
Commonwealth v. Dawson
Citations
- 405 A.2d 1230
- 486 Pa. 321
- 1979 Pa. LEXIS 615
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- holding that defendant was improperly denied his right to cross-examine police witness about his motive to fabricate evidence of defendant’s confession in order to obtain conviction where there was an allegation that the officer beat co- defendant with a nightstick
- relying on Davis v. Alaska, 415 U.S. 308, 94 S.Ct. 1105, 39 L.Ed.2d 347 [1974]
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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Manderino, Larsen
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- Commonwealth v. FrenchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-07-11· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. GuilfordSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-11-01· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. HlatkySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-05-25· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. BozykSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-12-18· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-12-08· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-10· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. KatsafanasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-08-05· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. SullivanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-05· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. BrightSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-06-13· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. ShandsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-01-25· cited 24×
- Com. v. Murray, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-03-19· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. FultonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-22· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. BlountSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-09-25· cited 15×
- Eckrote v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-03-28· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. BakerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-02-22· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. AlbrightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-20
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