Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 3/26/1999
Commonwealth v. Jacobs
Citations
- 727 A.2d 545
- 556 Pa. 138
- 1999 Pa. LEXIS 861
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that “it is the trial judge who must interpret the answers and demeanor of all potential jurors to evaluate their ability and willingness to render a fair verdict”
- considering affidavits attached to appellate brief in attempt to prove layered ineffectiveness
- “issues [that] were not raised in [an] original PCRA petition, counsel’s amended petition, or the oral amendments made to [a] petition before the PCRA court . . . are waived”
- “issues [that] were not raised in [an] original PCRA petition, counsel’s amended petition, or the oral amendments made to [a] petition before the PCRA court . . . are waived”
- any error from prosecutor’s misstatement of evidence was overcome by trial court’s general instruction that arguments of counsel were not evidence and that the jurors were the sole finders of fact
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor
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8 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. ColavitaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-04-29· cited 319×
- Jacobs v. HornThird Circuit· 2005-01-20· cited 265×
- Commonwealth v. CarsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-12-27· cited 237×
- Commonwealth v. MeadowsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-31· cited 127×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-31· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. TejedaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-10-09· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-09-10· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. LunginBucks County Court of Common Pleas· 2005-09-15
Cites
26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-09· cited 2,071×
- Simmons v. South CarolinaSupreme Court· 1994-06-17· cited 1,326×
- Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 730×
- Commonwealth v. AlbrechtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-11-23· cited 654×
- Commonwealth v. MoralesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-09-17· cited 316×
- Commonwealth v. BakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-17· cited 216×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-11-24· cited 207×
- Commonwealth v. EdmistonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-10· cited 196×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-09-18· cited 185×
- Commonwealth v. OhleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-14· cited 157×
- Commonwealth v. TilleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-07-18· cited 151×
- Commonwealth v. ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-04-02· cited 143×
- Commonwealth v. ProsdocimoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-08-17· cited 136×
- Commonwealth v. ThomasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-06-27· cited 102×
- Commonwealth v. MarinelliSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-02-25· cited 99×
- Commonwealth v. BasemoreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-11-16· cited 91×
- Commonwealth v. AppelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-01-28· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-05-22· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. PriovolosSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-07-23· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. ChandlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-11-23· cited 70×
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