Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 6/2/1978
Commonwealth v. Flowers
Citations
- 387 A.2d 1268
- 479 Pa. 153
- 1978 Pa. LEXIS 659
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- indicating that “a test of partnership or concert of action to determine guilt as an accessory” is the proper analysis for accomplice liability rather than a “but-for” test
- evidence was insufficient to convict a defendant who introduced undercover police officer to drug seller and was present at the sale of $200 worth of marijuana
- defendant, who introduced undercover agent to drug seller only after agent requested drugs, and who did not actively participate in the actual subsequent transaction, was not an accessory before the fact for sale of marijuana
- mere presence during commission of a crime does not constitute aiding and abetting
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Packel
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19 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. MurphySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-03-22· cited 212×
- Commonwealth v. SwerdlowSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-02-04· cited 123×
- Commonwealth v. CauseySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-09-18· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. VogelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-27· cited 89×
- Commonwealth, Aplt v. Gross, E.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-09-24· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. ManchasSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-10-28· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. BradySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-06-21· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. JordanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-05-29· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. RosarioSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-12-30· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. GladdenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-09-26· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. ViningSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-01-04· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. CalderiniSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-03· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. WagamanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-05-21· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. LynchSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-05-05· cited 25×
- In Re HawthorneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-06-02· cited 5×
- State v. MetcalfNew Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1979-05-30· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. LeatherburySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-08-24· cited 1×
- Com. v. Gross, E.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-04-29
- Commonwealth v. LacootLancaster County Court of Common Pleas· 2009-03-31
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Nye & Nissen v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1949-05-31· cited 977×
- United States v. PeoniSecond Circuit· 1938-12-12· cited 651×
- Morei v. United StatesSixth Circuit· 1942-05-14· cited 102×
- United States v. Marie Moses, Alias Marie KellyThird Circuit· 1955-02-28· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. SimioneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-04-20· cited 75×
- Commonwealth v. McFaddenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-06-28· cited 67×
- Rogers v. HallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1835-09-15· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. FinleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-03-20· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. LeachSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-25· cited 22×
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