Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 4/24/1980
Commonwealth v. Evans
Citations
- 413 A.2d 1025
- 489 Pa. 85
- 1980 Pa. LEXIS 566
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that admission of evidence of activity not done in furtherance of the conspiracy was harmless error where defendant’s participation was fully established by the testimony of another co-conspirator
- declarations of co-conspirator admissible provided declarations were made during the conspiracy and in furtherance of the common design
- declarations of co-conspirator admissible provided declarations were made during the conspiracy and in furtherance of the common design
- “The duration of a conspiracy depends upon the facts of the particular case, that is, it depends upon the scope of the agreement entered into by its members.” (…citation omitted)
- “The duration of a conspiracy depends upon the facts of the particular case, that is, it depends upon the scope of the agreement entered into by its members.” (quotation marks and citation omitted)
- duration of conspiracy is a question of fact
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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Larsen, Flaherty
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85 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. ChackoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-27· cited 138×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-08-16· cited 135×
- Commonwealth v. CocciolettiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-02-04· cited 130×
- Commonwealth v. MaxwellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-05-24· cited 113×
- Commonwealth v. MontalvoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-05-12· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. DavalosSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-07-02· cited 84×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-04-04· cited 83×
- Commonwealth, Aplt v. Gross, E.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-09-24· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. GallowaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-07-16· cited 75×
- Commonwealth v. BurtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-03· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. HassineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-02-08· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-07-29· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. MauteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-07· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. KerriganSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-03-08· cited 60×
- In re A.D.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-03-30· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. JenningsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-03-20· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. HaagSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-07-10· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. BeySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-01-05· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. SavageSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-17· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. EvansSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-19· cited 44×
Cites
17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Dutton v. EvansSupreme Court· 1970-12-15· cited 1,926×
- Grunewald v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1957-05-27· cited 1,102×
- Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 854×
- Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 730×
- Commonwealth v. MyrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 144×
- Commonwealth v. SherardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-11-18· cited 115×
- The United States of America v. Ralph T. Hickey, Frank J. Graves, Raymond J. Heiderscheidt, Joseph M. Kearns and James GravesSeventh Circuit· 1966-04-04· cited 102×
- Commonwealth v. PorterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-10-04· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. WaldmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-03-16· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-03-16· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. EllsworthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-01-08· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-09-19· cited 44×
- Harold Jerome Atkins and William Forte v. United StatesNinth Circuit· 1962-09-12· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. PassSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 28×
- United States v. AllegrettiSeventh Circuit· 1964-12-22· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-05· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. RileySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 21×
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