Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 5/28/1993
Commonwealth v. Johnson
Citations
- 626 A.2d 514
- 534 Pa. 51
- 1993 Pa. LEXIS 117
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding single witness’s testimony may be corroborated by circumstantial evidence
- “The ‘two-witness rule,’ . . . required at common law that the falsity element of a perjury conviction be supported either by the direct testimony of two witnesses or by the direct testimony of one witness and corroborating evidence.”
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Judges: Nix, C.J., and Larsen, Flaherty, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy and Montemuro
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11 cases in this archive cite this case.
- In Re UllmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-04-30· cited 200×
- Commonwealth v. FreidlSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-10-10· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. ZugaySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-01-19· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. KingSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-01-24· cited 26×
- In Re: Private Criminal Complaint D. MilesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-08-28· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. LockcuffSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-12· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-07-10· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. PhillipsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-08-19· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. SurinaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-01-05· cited 6×
- United States v. HogueCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces· 1996-09-30· cited 1×
- Wexler v. HechtPhiladelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 2003-08-13
Cites
9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. HudeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-10-31· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. RussoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1957-04-15· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. BroughtonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-12· cited 42×
- Williams v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1880-01-05· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. ButlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-12-19· cited 37×
- Morrissey v. Department of HighwaysSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-01-20· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-09-17· cited 27×
- Pochron WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1951-05-21· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. FieldSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-12-11· cited 15×
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