Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/30/1975
Commonwealth v. Fortune
Citations
- 346 A.2d 783
- 464 Pa. 367
- 1975 Pa. LEXIS 1074
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- remanding for a new trial because “whenever a jury improperly receives evidence of other crimes, the impact is significant”
- remanding for a new trial because “whenever a jury improperly receives evidence of other crimes, the impact is significant”
- no logical connection where there is nothing distinctive to separate other acts from common street crimes
- no logical connection where there is nothing distinctive to separate other acts from common street crimes
- “The victim … was older and larger than the ‘little boys’ or little kids’ who were the victims of the other incidents.”
- whenever a jury improperly receives evidence of other crimes, the impact is significant
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino
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72 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. HughesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-13· cited 237×
- Commonwealth v. MorrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-01-30· cited 177×
- Commonwealth v. CasperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. Hicks, C., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-03-28· cited 119×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-12-22· cited 106×
- Commonwealth v. WatersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 91×
- Commonwealth v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-12-18· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. LambertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-02-21· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 78×
- Behrend v. Bell Telephone Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-09-27· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. ShivelySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-01-30· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. NicholsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-05-01· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. FrazierSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. DavisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-11-23· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. RoughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-02-13· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. PughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. BarnhartSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-08-28· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. HudeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-12· cited 47×
- Com. v. Cosby Jr., W.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-12-10· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. HaagSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-07-10· cited 44×
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. BlairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-01-27· cited 461×
- Commonwealth v. WableSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1955-05-23· cited 202×
- Commonwealth v. BurdellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1955-01-03· cited 133×
- Commonwealth v. BanksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-11-26· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. GroceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-05-04· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. FooseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-01-07· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. TerrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-07-07· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. HarkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-11-20· cited 31×
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