Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 5/27/1983
Commonwealth v. Hart
Citations
- 460 A.2d 745
- 501 Pa. 174
- 1983 Pa. LEXIS 564
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- person asserting incompetency has burden of overcoming presumption that witness is competent to testify and demonstrating incompetency
- trial court based competency determination on witnesses’ demeanor during voir dire and during testimony
- trial court based competency evaluation on witness’s demeanor during voir dire and testimony
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Judges: Roberts, Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott
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15 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. BanksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-02-13· cited 130×
- Commonwealth v. LoganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-18· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. PankrazSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-08· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. D.J.A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-06-05· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. LudwigSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-09-08· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. DowlingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-09-29· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. MlinarichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-08-30· cited 29×
- Com. v. Saez, R.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-12-20· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. McMasterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-10-20· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. McEachinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-02-11· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. R.P.S.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-07-13· cited 13×
- Com. v. DJASuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-06-05
- Com. v. RPSSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-07-13
- Commonwealth v. Thomas, L., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-08-20
- Commonwealth v. DavisPhiladelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 1989-06-22
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-11-14· cited 1,351×
- Commonwealth v. DancerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-01-27· cited 407×
- Rosche v. McCoySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-11-25· cited 173×
- Commonwealth v. WareSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-11-20· cited 143×
- Commonwealth v. RiceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-04-26· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. BakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-17· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. RileySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. MartinezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-25· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. SpeicherSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-25· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. HartSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-11-16· cited 10×
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