Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 7/9/1993
Commonwealth v. Hill
Citations
- 629 A.2d 949
- 427 Pa. Super. 440
- 1993 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2256
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Simply put, the sentencing judge must state his or her reasons for the sentence imposed”
- “Simply put, the sentencing judge must state his or her reasons for the sentence imposed”
- “Simply put, the sentencing judge must state his or her reasons for the sentence imposed”
- “Malice may be inferred from the intentional use of a deadly weapon on a vital part of the body.”
- where a 205-pound victim grabbed a 130-pound defendant by the collar after threatening to beat him up, use of deadly force still was not reasonable
- “Simply put, the sentencing judge must state his or her reasons for the sentence imposed”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Rowley, Cirillo, Olszewski
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14 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. Cruz-CentenoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-12-04· cited 332×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-06· cited 231×
- Commonwealth v. BurnsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-12-20· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. SimpsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-07-11· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. FlowersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-10-24· cited 91×
- Commonwealth v. TielschSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-08-23· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. SheppardSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-09-30· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. MillerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-18· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. HerrickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-04-25· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. PerezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-08-01· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. FowlinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-04-12· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. SotoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-04-17· cited 4×
- Nash v. United StatesE.D. Pennsylvania· 1994-09-28· cited 1×
- Com. v. Vansyckel, S.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-07-09
Cites
21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. DeversSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-07-27· cited 872×
- Commonwealth v. RigginsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-08-17· cited 471×
- Commonwealth v. DrumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1868-07-01· cited 323×
- Commonwealth v. HardcastleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-08-10· cited 233×
- Commonwealth v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-01-20· cited 164×
- Commonwealth v. CommanderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-01-09· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. RifeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-11-26· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. CarboneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-08-15· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. LightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. DoyleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-19· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. HilbertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. PiggSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-03-07· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. SeibertSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-03-24· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. HinchcliffeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-14· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. PittsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-08-27· cited 62×
- Peterson v. Puerto RicoSupreme Court· 1978-11-27· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. EberleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-07· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. HelmSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-05-01· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. WrightSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-12-24· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. GelberSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-07-10· cited 17×
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