Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/13/1984
Commonwealth v. Garcia
Citations
- 479 A.2d 473
- 505 Pa. 304
- 1984 Pa. LEXIS 298
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- photo showing bloodied body of murder victim was potentially inflammatory, but admissible because relevant to show ferocity of defendant’s attack, which in turn tended to prove premeditation and deliberation
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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDer-mott, Hutchinson, Zappala, Papadakos, McDermott
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25 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. CarterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-04-08· cited 145×
- Commonwealth v. BanksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-02-13· cited 130×
- Commonwealth v. FaulknerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-07-16· cited 106×
- Commonwealth v. YoungSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-05· cited 105×
- Commonwealth v. TerrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-02-17· cited 103×
- Commonwealth v. CrawleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-05-27· cited 97×
- Commonwealth v. KarenbauerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-07-22· cited 96×
- Commonwealth v. GorbySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-04-03· cited 84×
- Commonwealth v. DuffeySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-14· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. BellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-01-13· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. PestinikasSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-12-10· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. MarshallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-12-22· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. YoungSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-03-29· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. AustinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-04-27· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. NaumanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-09-13· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-07-19· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-10-22· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. ReedSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-12-06· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. AlarieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-09-19· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. VoytkoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-01-10· cited 12×
Cites
43 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
- Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 730×
- Commonwealth v. McCuskerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-06-28· cited 186×
- Commonwealth v. GoosbySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 179×
- Commonwealth v. RoseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-07-01· cited 177×
- Commonwealth v. BonomoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-05-28· cited 168×
- Commonwealth v. PetrakovichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-12-05· cited 145×
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Smith v. MyersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-01-30· cited 143×
- Commonwealth v. WalzackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 135×
- Commonwealth v. WoodhouseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1960-09-26· cited 131×
- Commonwealth v. GravesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-18· cited 129×
- Commonwealth v. HudsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-05-30· cited 128×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-05-27· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. McNealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-05-22· cited 120×
- Commonwealth v. CliffSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-01-24· cited 110×
- Commonwealth v. WeinsteinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-10-26· cited 97×
- Commonwealth v. McCutchenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-31· cited 81×
- Lenny v. MellodySupreme Court· 1973-05-29· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. LightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-08-06· cited 68×
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