Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 6/2/1978
Commonwealth v. Evans
Citations
- 387 A.2d 854
- 479 Pa. 100
- 1978 Pa. LEXIS 658
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- prosecutor told jurors that his best witness, the victim, wasn’t present, and emphasized loss to victim’s family his death caused
- prosecutor told jurors that his best witness, the victim, wasn't present, and emphasized loss to victim's family his death caused
- ineffective assistance where counsel erroneously believed that prosecutor’s remarks were not prejudicial
- dissenting opinion of POMEROY, J., joined by LARSEN, J.
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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Packel, Larsen
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13 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-10-15· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. SatzbergSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-23· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. McKennaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-30· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. OlivenciaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-04-20· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. Lavern BranchSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-08-21· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. LinderSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-02-06· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. BlackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-08-28· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. UlatoskiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-06· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. AyeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-03-14· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. HamiltonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-01-11· cited 6×
- T.J. Hayes v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionsEighth Circuit· 1989-02-21· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. SegersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-06-02· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-08-10· cited 3×
Cites
21 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. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 854×
- Commonwealth v. StoltzfusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-05-13· cited 382×
- Commonwealth v. GoosbySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 179×
- Commonwealth v. SimonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-11-27· cited 160×
- Commonwealth v. TriplettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-12-23· cited 147×
- Commonwealth v. LipscombSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-25· cited 122×
- Commonwealth v. GilmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 114×
- Commonwealth v. RevtySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-10-04· cited 112×
- Commonwealth v. CroninSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 105×
- Commonwealth v. AlvaradoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-04-22· cited 104×
- Commonwealth v. HillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. GarrettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-05-24· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. RussellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-07-01· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. HarvellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. CollinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-07-07· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. TothSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-01-24· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. TuckerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-18· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. LoganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-10-08· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. EvansSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-11-26· cited 46×
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