Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/28/1988
Commonwealth v. Lawson
Citations
- 546 A.2d 589
- 519 Pa. 175
- 1988 Pa. LEXIS 195
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- extrinsic offenses are admissible to prove intent, plan, scheme, identity, ... “pro vided that [ ...] these factors are genuinely in issue and qualify for admission on grounds of relevancy and probative value”
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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, Zappala, Papadakos, Stout, McDermott
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26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-10-14· cited 270×
- Commonwealth v. SpotzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-07-20· cited 227×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-11-22· cited 204×
- Commonwealth v. EdmistonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-10· cited 196×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-09-18· cited 185×
- Commonwealth v. BronshteinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-03-25· cited 109×
- Commonwealth v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-07-20· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. RushSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-08-23· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. GrekisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-14· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. DeHartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-11-22· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. CookSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-05-20· cited 59×
- Britamco Underwriters, Inc. v. GrzeskiewiczSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-04-07· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. SattazahnSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-07-30· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-06-20· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. DanielsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-07-07· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. PurcellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-02-21· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. FetterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-02-16· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. DiPietroSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-10-14· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. ReedSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-12-06· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. CannadySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-05-06· cited 17×
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. SimonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-11-27· cited 160×
- Commonwealth v. PetrakovichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-12-05· cited 145×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-05-27· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-04-30· cited 97×
- Commonwealth v. GoinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-07-11· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. HoskinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-05· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. D'AmbroSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-02-02· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-05-30· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. GreenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-04-25· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. JamesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1969-04-23· cited 13×
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