Commonwealth v. Hudson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a defendant’s flight from police or concealment may be “admissible as evidence of consciousness of guilt.”
• “When a person knows that he is wanted in connection with a criminal investigation, and flees or conceals himself, such conduct is admissible as evidence of consciousness of guilt.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Thompson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-10· cited 225×
• Boyle v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2013-03-29· cited 22×
• Com. v. Baker, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-04-04· cited 9×
• Com. v. Threats, Z.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-01-29
• Commonwealth v. Brice
  Delaware County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-09-21
• Com. v. Rodriguez, E.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-06-23

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Kloiber
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1954-06-28· cited 530×
• Commonwealth v. Paddy
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-07-08· cited 285×
• Commonwealth v. Coyle
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-10-14· cited 166×
• Commonwealth v. Rios
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-10-30· cited 141×
• Commonwealth v. Rossetti
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-12-08· cited 129×
• Commonwealth v. Tejeda
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-10-09· cited 67×
• Commonwealth v. Padilla
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-05-08· cited 40×
• Com. v. Mueller
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-10-23· cited 14×