Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/1/1974
Commonwealth v. Goins
Citations
- 457 Pa. 594
- 321 A.2d 913
- 1974 Pa. LEXIS 876
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- plurality opinion of Mr. Justice Nix and concurring opinion of this writer
- plurality opinion of Mr. Justice Nix and concurring opinion of this writer
- in murder trial in which only issue was degree of defendant’s guilt, court impermissibly “expressed] its opinion as to the merit of the only defense offered” when it charged that jury must find defendant guilty of first degree murder if it convicted him at all
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Judges: Roberts, Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Eoberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino
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19 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-30· cited 709×
- Commonwealth v. SullivanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 264×
- Commonwealth v. MusiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-06· cited 132×
- Commonwealth v. MeadowsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-31· cited 127×
- Commonwealth v. BennettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. WorthamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. SavageSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-02-01· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. MotleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-04-28· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. LeonhardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-11-30· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. KearneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-01-27· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. McClendonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-04-28· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. McNeillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-07-07· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. WalkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. FergusonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-24· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-04· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. ScaramuzzinoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-05· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. MattSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-06-29· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. McBallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-22· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. GallowaySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-12-22· cited 2×
Cites
13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Bollenbach v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1946-01-28· cited 949×
- Quercia v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1933-05-29· cited 943×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-05-02· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. MymaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1924-01-07· cited 138×
- Commonwealth v. ArchambaultSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-04-20· cited 89×
- Commonwealth v. ButlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-05-25· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. HoltonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-10-11· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. EwellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-05-02· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. MotleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-04-20· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. OttSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1965-03-16· cited 26×
- Keating v. BelcherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1956-01-12· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. WilmerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1969-05-28· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. LucierSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-01-20· cited 17×
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