Commonwealth v. Hernandez

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “mercy charge,” telling the jury that it may return a verdict for a less serious crime than was established by the evidence, “authoriz[es] the jury to return a verdict based upon an emotional reaction rather than the facts presented” and is improper

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

1 case in this archive cites this case.

• Commonwealth v. Loach
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-12-31· cited 12×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Frey
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-13· cited 262×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-05-02· cited 148×
• Commonwealth v. White
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-06-02· cited 98×
• Commonwealth v. Carter
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-09-22· cited 97×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-06-10· cited 60×
• Rogers v. Lea County
  Supreme Court· 1974-11-11· cited 59×
• Commonwealth v. Grove
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-05-18· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Manning
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Hart
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-11-08· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Toledo
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-07-21· cited 31×
• Commonwealth v. Mignogna
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-12-20· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Mays
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-23· cited 22×