Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 6/27/1951
Commonwealth v. Johnson
Citations
- 368 Pa. 139
- 81 A.2d 569
- 1951 Pa. LEXIS 455
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- holding that while accurate, it was prejudicial to inform the jury that “life imprisonment means what it says”
- regarding The Penal Code of 1939.
- regarding The Penal Code of 1939.
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Judges: Bell, Chidsey, Drew, Jones, Ladner, Stearne, Stern
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29 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- People v. MorseCalifornia Supreme Court· 1964-01-07· cited 474×
- Commonwealth v. RedlineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1958-01-10· cited 229×
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Smith v. MyersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-01-30· cited 143×
- Commonwealth v. LobiondoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-08· cited 96×
- Commonwealth v. HenrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-12-23· cited 93×
- Commonwealth v. AljoeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-01-04· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. StrongSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-07-26· cited 66×
- Jones v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia· 1952-10-13· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. BallemSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1956-06-25· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1957-06-06· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. ClaytonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-10-15· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. LaddSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1960-12-01· cited 53×
- State v. LindseyWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1977-04-05· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. ThomasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1955-09-26· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. CareySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1951-06-27· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1953-01-05· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1962-01-02· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. ButtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-08-03· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1953-01-05· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. CAMPBELLSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1961-11-16· cited 20×
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