Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 11/14/2007
Commonwealth v. Henkel
Citations
- 938 A.2d 433
- 2007 Pa. Super. 333
- 2007 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3919
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that “a prior inconsistent statement of a declarant is admissible to impeach the declarant.”
- rejecting the appellant’s claim that “imposition of a life sentence for second- degree murder is ‘cruel and unusual punishment’ under both the United States and Pennsylvania Constitutions”
- addressing due process challenge to evidentiary rulings of trial court on direct appeal
- imposition of life sentence not unconstitutional “cruel and unusual punishment” under United States and Pennsylvania constitutions
- failure to object to evidence of prior bad acts at trial results in waiver
- rejecting identical claim based upon Middleton
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Judges: Elliott, Melvin, Tamilia
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8 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. HenkelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-04-11· cited 554×
- Com. v. Rivera, W.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-08-25· cited 165×
- Commonwealth v. BakerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-12-19· cited 161×
- Commonwealth v. TobinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-04-01· cited 140×
- Commonwealth v. CrosleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-02-28· cited 100×
- Berg v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-04-17· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. BoichSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-10-06· cited 30×
- In Re: Animal OutlookSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-12-05
Cites
30 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court· 1973-02-21· cited 5,756×
- Crane v. KentuckySupreme Court· 1986-06-09· cited 2,651×
- United States v. SchefferSupreme Court· 1998-03-31· cited 1,617×
- Holmes v. South CarolinaSupreme Court· 2006-05-01· cited 1,409×
- Commonwealth v. EichingerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-02-20· cited 275×
- Commonwealth v. BryantSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-08-18· cited 200×
- Commonwealth v. BillaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-06· cited 186×
- Commonwealth v. BradySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-03-26· cited 180×
- Commonwealth v. GriscavageSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-11-17· cited 176×
- Commonwealth v. LivelySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-05-18· cited 160×
- Commonwealth v. NazarovitchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-10-29· cited 141×
- Commonwealth v. CountermanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-10-26· cited 134×
- Commonwealth v. ChmielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-08-19· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. KoehlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-09-02· cited 116×
- Commonwealth v. GoldblumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-07-02· cited 103×
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. DenglerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-12-30· cited 96×
- Commonwealth v. HutchinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-10-24· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. SchoffSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-11-02· cited 81×
- People v. ZayasIllinois Supreme Court· 1989-10-25· cited 72×
- Commonwealth v. GarciaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-04-28· cited 69×
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