Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 6/5/1989
Commonwealth v. Graham
Citations
- 560 A.2d 129
- 522 Pa. 115
- 1989 Pa. LEXIS 250
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- it is not reversible error for the prosecutor to comment that defendant lied in cases where the comment was a fair inference from the evidence, rather than a broad characterization
- it is not reversible error for the prosecutor to comment that defendant lied in cases where the comment was a fair inference from the evidence, rather than a broad characterization
- where a witness testifies to plainly impossible or incredible factual situations, the prosecutor or defense counsel may comment that certain portions of witness’ testimony are unbelievable, and such comment would constitute a fair inference from irrefutable evidence
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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott
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19 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. LaCavaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-09-19· cited 252×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-10-09· cited 134×
- Commonwealth v. ChristySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-04-05· cited 123×
- Commonwealth v. GuilfordSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-11-01· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. ArchSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-02-15· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. ScarfoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-17· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. CollinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-10-27· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. FullerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-07-27· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. NovasakSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-04-02· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. CarterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-06-06· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. BlountSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-09-25· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. McGethSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-02-02· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. TippensSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-10-23· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. PersichiniSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-05-02· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. MurphySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-08-17· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. TerreforteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-07-26· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. BrooksSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-06-14· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. TurnerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-09-15· cited 2×
- Arnold v. ZangrilliSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-10-10
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-09· cited 2,071×
- Commonwealth v. StoltzfusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-05-13· cited 382×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-05-27· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. FloydSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-11-20· cited 110×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-03· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. GrahamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-09-28· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. GrahamSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-10· cited 2×
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