Commonwealth v. Jefferson

How courts have described this case

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

• trial judge had sufficient justification to order defendant to submit during trial to recording of his fingerprints in order to establish identity with prints taken from the vehicle in which the homicide occurred
• defendant fingerprinted in courtroom as part of demonstration
• stabbing led to blood clots causing death
• stabbing led to blood clots causing death

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Solem v. Stumes
  Supreme Court· 1984-02-29· cited 584×
• Commonwealth v. Mercier
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 56×
• Commonwealth v. Rose
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-04-12· cited 50×
• Commonwealth v. Koch
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-03-20· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. Crosby
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-30· cited 31×
• Commonwealth v. Monahan
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-26· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Grandison
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-11-17· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Hayes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-04-17· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Reiland
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-06-28· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Cost
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-29· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Westerfer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-01-19· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Cotton
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-21· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Frison
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-07-02· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Moss
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-31· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. Bullock
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-11-20· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Jefferson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-12-21· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. Moyer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-06-17· cited 2×
• Commonwealth v. Brackin
  Bucks County Court of Common Pleas· 1972-08-03

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Schmerber v. California
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-20· cited 6,067×
• Davis v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1969-04-23· cited 1,385×
• Hill v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1968-06-12· cited 59×
• Commonwealth v. Franklin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-05-04· cited 35×
• State v. Emmett
  Washington Supreme Court· 1970-01-08· cited 17×
• Commonwealth ex rel. Peters v. Maroney
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-11-10· cited 14×
• United States of America Ex Rel. Francis O'HallOran v. Alfred T. Rundle, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  Third Circuit· 1967-10-30· cited 11×
• United States v. Samuel Brady
  Second Circuit· 1970-01-20· cited 9×
• United States ex rel. O'Halloran v. Rundle
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1967-03-27· cited 8×