Commonwealth v. Marshall

How courts have described this case

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

• use of hammer on head of victim was sufficient to demonstrate specific intent to kill
• prosecutor’s statement to jury in closing to “do your duty and close the eyes of the dead” within bounds of permissible oratorical flair and not deliberate attempt to destroy factfinder’s objectivity

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

48 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Commonwealth v. Lesko
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-02-24· cited 398×
• Commonwealth v. Morales
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-09-17· cited 316×
• Commonwealth v. Freeman
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-05-30· cited 307×
• Commonwealth v. Cox
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-11-19· cited 290×
• Commonwealth v. Cousar
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-08-21· cited 274×
• Commonwealth v. Carson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-12-27· cited 237×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-11-22· cited 233×
• Commonwealth v. Hawkins
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-09-17· cited 223×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-11-22· cited 204×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-04-21· cited 187×
• Commonwealth v. Eichinger, J., Aplt
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-31· cited 169×
• Commonwealth v. Gribble
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-11-20· cited 152×
• Commonwealth v. Carpenter
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-01-26· cited 146×
• Commonwealth v. Rios
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-10-30· cited 141×
• Commonwealth v. Fletcher
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-11-18· cited 119×
• Commonwealth v. Chambers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-11-20· cited 117×
• Yacoub v. Lehigh Valley Medical Associates, P.C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-08-01· cited 111×
• Commonwealth v. Gibson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-01-22· cited 106×
• Commonwealth v. Marinelli
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-02-25· cited 99×
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-20· cited 94×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Pierce
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-09· cited 2,071×
• Commonwealth v. Zettlemoyer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-30· cited 709×
• Commonwealth v. Frey
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-13· cited 262×
• Commonwealth v. Chester
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-03-20· cited 227×
• Commonwealth v. Baker
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-17· cited 216×
• Commonwealth v. Colson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-04· cited 180×
• Cox v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1984-10-29· cited 180×
• Commonwealth v. Rose
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-07-01· cited 177×
• Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamal
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-06· cited 159×
• Commonwealth v. Tilley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-07-18· cited 151×
• Beck v. Missouri
  Supreme Court· 1986-05-27· cited 151×
• Commonwealth v. DeHart
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-03· cited 145×
• Commonwealth v. O'Shea
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-12-13· cited 138×
• Commonwealth v. Basemore
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-11-16· cited 91×
• Commonwealth v. Duffey
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-14· cited 69×
• Commonwealth v. Meredith
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-03· cited 66×
• Ledet v. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  Supreme Court· 1991-11-12· cited 62×
• Commonwealth v. Bryant
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-05-10· cited 59×
• Commonwealth v. Tressler
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-12-31· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. March
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-07-26· cited 17×