Commonwealth v. Larkins

How courts have described this case

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

• joinder proper in cases within a three-mile radius where a distinctive modus operandi used
• consolidation proper where all the crimes occurred within a three-mile area, all occurred during early morning hours, victims were attacked from behind by an assailant who was African American and who wore leather gloves, and the methods of assault were similar
• consolidation proper: all three offenses occurred in early morning hours within three mile area, all victims were attacked from behind, each assailant wore leather gloves, methods of assault were similar, each victim’s purse was taken, two of stolen purses were found in defendant’s apartment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-02-13· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Peppers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-09-30· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Laurenson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-16· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Ferraro
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-01-10· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-05-11· cited 8×
• Harleysville Mutual Insurance v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-03-27· cited 2×
• Commonwealth v. Rinehimer
  Monroe County Court of Common Pleas· 1988-02-23

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Morris
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-01-30· cited 177×
• Commonwealth v. Peterson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-07-02· cited 168×
• Commonwealth v. Patrick
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1965-01-19· cited 104×
• Commonwealth v. Lasch
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-11-26· cited 62×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-09-27· cited 55×
• Commonwealth v. Kjersgaard
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-03-14· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Terrell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-04-22· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Irons
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-09-23· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. White
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-27· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Finnegan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-26· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Vickers
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-11-22· cited 19×
• Commonwealth v. Rhodes
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-06· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Westerfer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-01-19· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Taylor
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-27· cited 8×