Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 12/11/1974
Commonwealth v. Jones
Citations
- 231 Pa. Super. 300
- 332 A.2d 464
- 1974 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1343
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that “wielding a knife certainly amounts to the use of deadly force” in nonfatal altercation
- holding that “wielding a knife certainly amounts to the use of deadly force” in nonfatal altercation
- holding that use ofa pocket knife against kicking and pushing assailants is excessive force
- stating that an individual raising a self- defense claim must be “free from fault in provoking or continuing difficulty”
- finding that the act of wielding a knife amounts to use of deadly force
- holding using knife in response to fistfight is not justified use of deadly force
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Watkins, Jacobs, Hoffman, Cercone, Price, Van Voort Spaeth
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18 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. MayfieldSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-01-30· cited 78×
- Lewis v. MazurkiewiczThird Circuit· 1990-09-24· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. GroveSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-05-18· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. AlvinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-14· cited 28×
- Moorehead v. Civil Service CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-03-14· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. CuttsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-05· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. AycockSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-16· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. JellotsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-04-03· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. PerezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-08-01· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. JeterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-02-01· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. ColemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-08-09· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. BaileySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-02-03· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. WitherspoonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-04-13· cited 12×
- National Labor Relations Board v. A. Duie Pyle, Inc.Third Circuit· 1984-03-22· cited 11×
- Gorman v. BailE.D. Pennsylvania· 2013-05-23· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. MaioneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-02-06· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. SotoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-04-17· cited 4×
- In the Interest of T.S.Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 1992-11-12
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. RoseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-07-01· cited 177×
- Commonwealth v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-03-20· cited 103×
- Commonwealth v. WinebrennerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-04-28· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-06-01· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. CollazoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1962-05-21· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. PresognaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-06-16· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. WareSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-07-02· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. SuttonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1912-07-18· cited 5×
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