Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/16/1986
Commonwealth v. Duffy
Citations
- 512 A.2d 1253
- 355 Pa. Super. 145
- 1986 Pa. Super. LEXIS 11545
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- lunging for a loaded weapon is not an act done with reasonable care, rendering homicide by misadventure charge inappropriate
- trial court is required to balance each of the factors favoring and disfavoring admission of the prior criminal record evidence in making its determination
- provocation was established for conviction for voluntary manslaughter when the victim slammed the defendant against a wall and fired three shots at him before the defendant shot the victim
- we reject appellant's cryptic allegation of \tactical disadvantage.\
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Judges: Cavanaugh, Olszewski, Kelly
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12 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. CharlestonCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-06-06· cited 278×
- Commonwealth v. RandallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-07-09· cited 126×
- Commonwealth v. WoodSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-02-03· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. HanesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-09· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. GladdenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-09-26· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. MercadoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-10-27· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. OsbornSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-18· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. JacksonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-06-27· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. MyersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-12-08· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. MascittiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-12-02· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. RodriquezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-09-17· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. MistrettaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-16· cited 6×
Cites
31 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
- Commonwealth v. BighumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-07-02· cited 319×
- Commonwealth v. PettusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-02-05· cited 291×
- Commonwealth v. CortezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-18· cited 155×
- Commonwealth v. StoykoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-17· cited 132×
- Commonwealth v. RootsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 127×
- Commonwealth v. ScarboroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-22· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. AlstonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-25· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. MartinezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-12-01· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. GallowaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-09-24· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. PittmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-10-14· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. JacksonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-30· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. McQuaidSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-01-04· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-11-15· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. RamboSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-06· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. FisherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-05-17· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. ButtsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-09-24· cited 27×
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