Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 5/4/1973
Commonwealth v. Jackson
Citations
- 451 Pa. 462
- 303 A.2d 924
- 1973 Pa. LEXIS 550
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- joint trials are advisable where multiple defendants are charged with participation in the same criminal acts and much of the same evidence is necessary or applicable to all of the defendants
- joint trials are advisable where multiple defendants are charged with participation in the same criminal acts and much of the same evidence is necessary or applicable to all of the defendants
- “Since no evidence was given to link appellant to the Oakmont robbery, the fact that the crimes were similar in nature does not afford a sound basis for ordering their consolidation at trial.”
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Judges: Bbien, Brien, Eagen, Jones, Manderino, Nix, Pomeroy, Roberts
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22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. MelvinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-21· cited 419×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-11-22· cited 233×
- Commonwealth v. PetersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-07-02· cited 168×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-05-21· cited 100×
- Commonwealth v. MoralesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-06-18· cited 97×
- Commonwealth v. LeeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-07-21· cited 91×
- Commonwealth v. TraversSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-03-26· cited 90×
- Commonwealth v. LambertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-02-21· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. HassineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-02-08· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. PattersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-07-28· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. WeitkampSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-04-28· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. HammSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-02-17· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. OrlowskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-09-07· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. MasonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-11-05· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. FieldsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-29· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-10-22· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. HessSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-09-30· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. NormanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-12-05· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. LindenmuthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-01-03· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. ZaslowSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-01-26· cited 6×
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