Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 6/23/1987
Commonwealth v. Eichelberger
Citations
- 528 A.2d 230
- 364 Pa. Super. 425
- 1987 Pa. Super. LEXIS 8399
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that where defendant crossed center line, ran into oncoming ve- hides, and had blood alcohol content of .09%, the evidence supported conviction for homicide by vehicle
- driving vehicle on the wrong side of road, lack of sleep and consumption of alcohol sufficient to support criminal negligence conviction
- determination by fact finder that vehicle was unexplainably in the wrong lane sufficient to establish underlying offense for homicide by vehicle charge
- evidence that the defendant, who suffered from lack of sleep and had a blood alcohol content of 0.09%, drove his vehicle on the wrong side of the roadway, was sufficient to permit an inference of criminal negligence and to support his conviction for homicide by vehicle
- defendant acquitted of DUI and homicide by vehicle while DUI, but trier of fact could consider defendant’s consumption of alcohol prior to accident, resulting in BAC of .09%, in weighing defendant’s conduct to determine if he was guilty of homicide by vehicle
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Judges: Wieand, Olszewski, Tamilia
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9 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. SeibertSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-01-24· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. MooreSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-11-18· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. PetrollSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-06-18· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. SullivanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-12-22· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. SpetzerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-12-17· cited 13×
- In the Interest of HydukeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-02-16· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. SurinaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-01-05· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. OtisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-07-13· cited 3×
- Com. v. Black, B.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-09-11
Cites
16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. BlevinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-09-19· cited 110×
- Commonwealth v. MeadowsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 108×
- Commonwealth v. HeckSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-04· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. FieldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-03· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. HoutzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-09-24· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. FroelichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. HazlettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-04-16· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. WilkinsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-06-20· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-03-04· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. NelsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-11-22· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. SmokerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-09-17· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. NelsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-05-23· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. MeadowsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-12-11· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. GaitherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-08-11· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. SetsodiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-08-27· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. FarrellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-09-15· cited 9×
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