Commonwealth v. Fowler

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• In a thirteen-picture display eleven pictures, excluding the accused’s, were mug shots. In an eleven-picture display only the accused was shown in a polaroid snapshot.
• suggestive identification; examination of various factors reveals no independent basis for the in-court identification
• lineup identification tainted by repetitive display of defendant’s photograph to witness prior to lineup
• lineup identification tainted by repetitive display of defendant's photograph to witness prior to lineup
• black, dark suit, slender build, aged 19-21, deemed too general

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

52 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Commonwealth v. Small
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-11-01· cited 320×
• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-10-17· cited 303×
• Commonwealth v. Hughes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-13· cited 237×
• Commonwealth v. Baker
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-17· cited 216×
• Commonwealth v. Rodgers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-04-28· cited 127×
• Commonwealth v. Potter
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 83×
• Commonwealth v. Silver
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-09-28· cited 71×
• Commonwealth v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-09· cited 66×
• Commonwealth v. Sexton
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-05-01· cited 64×
• Commonwealth v. Connolly
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-04-28· cited 45×
• Commonwealth v. Bogan
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Robinson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-05-20· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Patterson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-04-06· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-12-29· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Griffin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-19· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Floyd
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-08· cited 31×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-01-18· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Hurd
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-12· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Rozplochi
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-06-26· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-12-29· cited 28×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 8,442×
• Neil v. Biggers
  Supreme Court· 1972-12-06· cited 7,056×
• Simmons v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1968-03-18· cited 6,700×
• Stovall v. Denno
  Supreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 6,066×
• Gilbert v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 3,797×
• Coleman v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-22· cited 1,808×
• Foster v. California
  Supreme Court· 1969-04-01· cited 1,048×
• United States of America Ex Rel. Clay Thomas v. State of New Jersey
  Third Circuit· 1973-01-23· cited 49×
• Government of Virgin Islands v. Navarro
  Third Circuit· 1975-03-18· cited 48×
• United States v. Ivie Wily Higgins, A/K/A Harry Smith
  Third Circuit· 1972-03-28· cited 47×
• United States v. William Edward Zeiler (Two Cases)
  Third Circuit· 1971-09-15· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Burton
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-07-02· cited 25×
• United States v. Allen Coades, in No. 72-1321, and John Coades. Appeal of John Coades, in No. 72-1322
  Third Circuit· 1972-12-11· cited 16×
• United States v. Martin William Monteer
  Eighth Circuit· 1975-04-29· cited 13×
• United States v. Clarence Holiday, in No. 71-1456. Appeal of William Holiday
  Third Circuit· 1972-03-24· cited 12×