Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 8/13/1979
Commonwealth v. Dessus
Citations
- 396 A.2d 1254
- 262 Pa. Super. 443
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- issue abandoned when not briefed for lower court but raised on appeal as an afterthought
- issue abandoned when not briefed for lower court but raised on appeal as an afterthought
- issue abandoned when not briefed for lower court but raised on appeal as an afterthought
- three questions on racial prejudice sufficient to obviate the need for individual voir dire
- three questions on racial prejudice sufficient to obviate the need for individual voir dire
- prior convictions for burglary, larceny and receiving stolen goods are crimen falsi
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Judges: Watkins, Jacobs, Hoffman, Cercone, Price, Van Voort Spaeth
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24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. GordonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-30· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. HernandezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-02-01· cited 61×
- Berman v. Radnor Rolls, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-04-20· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. SourbeerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-02-01· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. CookeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-04· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. WatersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-10-12· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. MiddletonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-10-28· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. GamberSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-03-31· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. GemelliSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-03-23· cited 35×
- In Re OxmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-12-17· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. ChewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-01-30· cited 31×
- SCARBOROUGH BY SCARBOROUGH v. LewisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-11-28· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. LaMassaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-10-15· cited 28×
- State v. HobbsWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-07-29· cited 25×
- Equipment Finance, Inc. v. TothSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-06-08· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. HollandSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-02-19· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-09-11· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. PrisznyakSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-10-29· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. DohnerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-02-19· cited 5×
- Com. v. Cobbs, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-02-24· cited 4×
Cites
29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-11-14· cited 1,351×
- Commonwealth v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 198×
- North v. RussellSupreme Court· 1976-06-28· cited 144×
- Commonwealth v. IlgenfritzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-17· cited 129×
- Gordon v. Justice CourtCalifornia Supreme Court· 1974-08-14· cited 96×
- People v. AlmesticaNew York Court of Appeals· 1977-07-05· cited 96×
- Commonwealth of Pa. v. MullenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-01-27· cited 82×
- Benson v. Penn Central Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-07-07· cited 75×
- Commonwealth v. KatchmerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-09-19· cited 74×
- Masterson v. Pennsylvania R. CoThird Circuit· 1950-06-14· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. McFaddenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-06-28· cited 67×
- Shoemaker v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware· 1977-05-13· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. DussingerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-04-28· cited 43×
- John H. Cromling v. The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie R.R. CoThird Circuit· 1964-02-05· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. KeysockSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-09-22· cited 32×
- Schneider v. Albert Einstein Medical Center, Northern DivisionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-12· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-05-04· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 30×
- State v. BooneSupreme Court of Kansas· 1975-12-13· cited 25×
- United States v. AhmadM.D. Pennsylvania· 1972-09-05· cited 25×
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