Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 6/2/1978
Commonwealth v. Martin
Citations
- 387 A.2d 835
- 479 Pa. 63
- 1978 Pa. LEXIS 667
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- evidence that thirteen days before killing, victim attempted to stop defendant from robbing another person was admissible to show motive
- evidence that the victim had hit appellant with a chair thirteen days before murder held admissible under motive exception
- evidence of prior assault and robbery admissible to prove motive for defendant’s later killing of a man who struck him with a chair during the assault and robbery
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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Larsen
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42 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. DrumhellerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-09-20· cited 254×
- Commonwealth v. SpotzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-07-20· cited 227×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-09-18· cited 185×
- Commonwealth v. RossSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-10-10· cited 168×
- Commonwealth v. MusiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-06· cited 132×
- Commonwealth v. SherardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-11-18· cited 115×
- Commonwealth v. RizzutoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-08-20· cited 113×
- Commonwealth v. RansomeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-06· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. GoreSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-12-29· cited 72×
- Commonwealth v. DuffeySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-14· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. GlassSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-06· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. YoungkinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-01-05· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. MorrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-12-15· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-08-25· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. NeelySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-04-23· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-09-21· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. PattersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-04-06· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. GriffinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-10-02· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. SeidersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-16· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. ColonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-03-16· cited 31×
Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-11-14· cited 1,351×
- Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 854×
- Commonwealth v. YountSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-01-24· cited 177×
- Commonwealth v. FordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. RomanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. BennettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 64×
- Fleischman v. ReadingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1957-03-25· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-06-28· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. SchwartzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-12-20· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-09-19· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. NoleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-04-17· cited 38×
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