Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 8/30/1990
Commonwealth v. Irwin
Citations
- 579 A.2d 955
- 397 Pa. Super. 109
- 1990 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2633
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- recognizing that “a trial judge [as opposed to a jury] is capable of recognizing in himself the symptoms of bias and impartiality.”
- judges sitting as factfinders are presumed to ignore prejudicial evidence in reaching a verdict; a trial judge is presumed capable of recognizing in himself the symptoms of bias
- court sitting as fact-finder in a nonjury trial is presumed to disregard irrelevant and prejudicial aspects of relevant evidence
- “[i]t has long been held that trial judges, sitting as factfinders, are presumed to ignore prejudicial evidence in reaching a verdict”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Cirillo, Elliott, Brosky
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5 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. DentSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-11-25· cited 149×
- Commonwealth v. ThomasSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-09-06· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. LottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-10-12· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. IrwinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-03-21· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. KnightSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-12-24· cited 4×
Cites
9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-09· cited 2,071×
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-11-14· cited 1,351×
- Reilly v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-03-27· cited 428×
- Commonwealth v. AnthonySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-24· cited 105×
- Commonwealth v. HentoshSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-02-03· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. BadgerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-14· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. CasellaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-15· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-11-02· cited 11×
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