Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 3/31/1994
Commonwealth v. Gentile
Citations
- 640 A.2d 1309
- 433 Pa. Super. 381
- 1994 Pa. Super. LEXIS 845
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that “breaches of official duty are included within the types of conduct described as ‘affirmative interference[s] with governmental functions.’”
- stating that “cross-examination directed toward revealing possible bias, interest or motive of a witness in testifying against the defendant is -4- J-S25010-23 always relevant as discrediting the witness and affecting the weight of [her] testimony”
- error in excluding evidence of bias was deemed harmless where witness’ testimony was confirmed by other -witnesses
- error in excluding evidence of bias was deemed harmless where witness' testimony was confirmed by other witnesses
- any error in disallowing cross-examination regarding the witness’ pending criminal charge and possible bias was deemed harmless when that witness’ testimony was confirmed by other witnesses at trial
- any error in disallowing cross-examination regarding the witness' pending criminal charge and possible bias was deemed harmless when that witness' testimony was confirmed by other witnesses at trial
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Wieand, Hudock, Saylor
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8 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. HylandSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-05-27· cited 255×
- Commonwealth v. DavisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-01-11· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. MullinsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-10-05· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. GoodmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-05-23· cited 17×
- Com. v. Palchanes, D.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-11-27· cited 11×
- In the Interest of DixonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-02-24· cited 4×
- In Re Gentile, 5 Jd 94 (pa.ct.jud.disc. 7-11-1994)Judicial Discipline of Pennsylvania· 1994-07-11
- In re GentileJudicial Discipline of Pennsylvania· 1994-11-23
Cites
18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court· 1974-02-27· cited 5,953×
- Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 730×
- Reilly v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-03-27· cited 428×
- Commonwealth v. GriscavageSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-11-17· cited 176×
- Commonwealth v. SeeseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-11-17· cited 168×
- Commonwealth v. HarperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-05· cited 139×
- Commonwealth v. EvansSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-07-10· cited 111×
- Commonwealth v. BirchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-11-23· cited 72×
- Commonwealth v. GreeneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-11-25· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. LaneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-02-05· cited 46×
- In Re FranciscusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. CulmerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-03-18· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-10· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. SullivanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-05· cited 32×
- Matter of ChioveroSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-01-24· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. TroleneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-02-09· cited 26×
- Henderson v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit AuthoritySupreme Court· 1977-10-03· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. RhodesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-06-20· cited 7×
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