Commonwealth v. Mathews

How courts have described this case

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

• jury rejected defendant’s entrapment defense under statutory objective approach, yet court used due process standard to bar conviction because police conduct was so egregious
• jury rejected defendant's entrapment defense under statutory objective approach, yet court used due process standard to bar conviction because police conduct was so egregious
• law enforcement officers acted outrageously in supplying money, equipment, a residence and expert advice used by appellant to illegally manufacture methamphetamine
• law enforcement officers acted outrageously in supplying money, equipment, a residence and expert advice used by appellant to illegally manufacture methamphetamine
• due process violated where police supplied defendants with money to purchase chemicals necessary to manufacture methamphetamine and to rent residence in which to set up lab, helped them transport necessary equipment to lab and instructed them step by step in manufacturing process

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Lively
  Washington Supreme Court· 1996-08-29· cited 166×
• State v. Agrabante
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1992-05-13· cited 57×
• Commonwealth v. Boyle
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-06-09· cited 54×
• Commonwealth v. Delligatti
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-02-11· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Nelson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-10-19· cited 36×
• State v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1992-05-13· cited 35×
• Weaver v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1999-11-04· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Mance
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-01-11· cited 19×
• Commonwealth v. Benchino
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-10-25· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Bonace
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-03-06· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Metts
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-12-06· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Lindenmuth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-01-03· cited 13×
• Com. v. SUN CHA CHON
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-11-05· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. Diliberto
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-11-21· cited 1×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Russell
  Supreme Court· 1973-04-24· cited 2,012×
• Sherman v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1958-05-19· cited 1,587×
• Hampton v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1976-04-27· cited 910×
• United States v. William Christopher Twigg, Iii, United States of America v. Henry Alfred Neville
  Third Circuit· 1978-11-17· cited 350×
• United States v. Billy W. Gray, Lee Andrew Fennell, Roger Lee Wright, Ronald Cecil Barker and Vance C. Dyar
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-09-26· cited 149×
• Commonwealth v. Sudler
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-10-14· cited 80×
• United States v. Sammy Lee Ward, Edward B. Prows, A/K/A Teddy
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-02-03· cited 78×
• United States v. Gary Anthony Gianni, Joseph Mike Giardina, Richard Loren Holland, James Robert Ham
  Eleventh Circuit· 1982-06-14· cited 63×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-09-27· cited 55×
• Commonwealth v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-27· cited 48×
• Commonwealth v. Portalatin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-11-16· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Derr
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-05· cited 31×
• People v. Peppars
  California Court of Appeal· 1983-02-09· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Taylor
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-04-30· cited 27×
• People v. Johnson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1984-04-11· cited 14×
• Harrison v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1982-03-18· cited 12×
• Fennell v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1980-12-08· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Minnich
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-02-10· cited 4×