Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/8/1983
Commonwealth v. Madison
Citations
- 462 A.2d 228
- 501 Pa. 485
- 1983 Pa. LEXIS 621
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- suggesting that DNA collection via a warrant could provide evidence of a struggle
- counsel deemed effective when failure to call witness was due to failure of defendant to notify counsel of existence of witness
- appellate courts are to accord great weight to trial court’s findings as to a witness’s credibility at a post-conviction hearing
- \consciousness of guilt may reasonably be inferred from the fact than an accused is attempting to elude the police\
- appellate court must give great weight to court’s findings regarding credibility of witnesses in PCRA proceeding
- standard of review for sufficiency of the evidence claim
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Judges: Flaherty, Larsen, McDermott, Nix, Roberts
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30 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. GriscavageSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-11-17· cited 176×
- Commonwealth v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-01-20· cited 164×
- Commonwealth v. ChambersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-07-18· cited 72×
- Commonwealth v. ReddixSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-08-06· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. DonahueSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-08-27· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. StarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-05-20· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. SwegerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-02-26· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. KunkleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-04-13· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. ShafferSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-12-14· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. MeaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-09-12· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. RochonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-10-17· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. MorganSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-05-19· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. DonnellySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-01-24· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. YetsickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-03-15· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. HartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-12-06· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. ParkerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-07-14· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. FergusonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-27· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. RiversSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-31· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. MonacoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-05-18· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. DupertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-03-25· cited 7×
Cites
13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. SullivanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 264×
- Commonwealth v. HudsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-05-30· cited 128×
- Commonwealth v. ThomasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-10-12· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. PronkoskieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-05-26· cited 118×
- Commonwealth v. WhackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 89×
- Commonwealth v. CouncilSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-22· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. GardnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-03· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. BastoneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-17· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. LutzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-02-04· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. FostarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-01-24· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. PovishSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-06-02· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. GreenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-03-13· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. HaindsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-06-28· cited 18×
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