Commonwealth v. Frey

How courts have described this case

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

• [stating that] “[w]e have long recognized that post-verdict accomplice testimony must be viewed with a jaundiced eye.”
• finding that statement by co-defendant after he had been sentenced for his participation in the crime “raises a significant question as to its reliability”
• rejecting after-discovered evidence claim on basis of statement containing information that defendant would have known since the time of the crime
• rejecting claim that fellow conspirator's statement was newly-discovered evidence: “If the events recounted . . . actually occurred, [the] appellant was obviously aware of them since [the] appellant was a party to those events”
• after-discovered evidence is that which comes to light after trial, and about which defendant was unaware
• “We have long recognized that post-verdict accomplice testimony must be viewed with a jaundiced eye.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Roderick Herman Frey v. Thomas A. Fulcomer, Warden, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon
  Third Circuit· 1997-12-30· cited 85×
• Commonwealth v. Frey
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-02-03· cited 81×
• Roderick Herman Frey v. Thomas A. Fulcomer, Warden, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon
  Third Circuit· 1992-09-15· cited 75×
• Commonwealth v. Mason
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-11-24· cited 48×
• Commonwealth v. Kohan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-05-23· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. McClucas
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-09-30· cited 21×
• Commonwealth v. Bonaccurso
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-04-22· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Nocero
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-11-16· cited 14×
• Frey v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-06

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Frey
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-13· cited 262×
• Cox v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1984-10-29· cited 180×
• Commonwealth v. Tervalon
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 122×
• Commonwealth v. Sitkin's Junk Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-10-09· cited 97×
• Commonwealth v. Mosteller
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-12-20· cited 90×
• Commonwealth v. Treftz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 71×
• Commonwealth v. Christy
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-09-25· cited 66×
• Commonwealth v. Valderrama
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-14· cited 54×
• Parisi v. PHILA. ZONING BD. OF ADJUST.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1958-06-30· cited 36×
• Frey v. Francis
  Supreme Court· 1984-10-29· cited 31×
• Commonwealth v. Lesko
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-11-12· cited 29×
• Parisi v. Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1958-06-30· cited 28×
• Commonwealth v. Sanabria
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-02-01· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Ryder
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-03-21· cited 6×