Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/14/1978
Commonwealth v. Matthews
Citations
- 389 A.2d 71
- 480 Pa. 33
- 1978 Pa. LEXIS 762
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “So long as a defendant’s actions are a direct and substantial factor in bringing about death, legal responsibility may be found.”
- “[C]ausation need not be established by direct evidence but may follow from circumstantial evidence of a reliable and persuasive nature.”
- victim had bruises all over his body
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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Larsen
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9 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. McCullumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-21· cited 96×
- Commonwealth v. MeredithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-03· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. SpottiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-06-05· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. PersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-09-06· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. KostraSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-12-31· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. HobsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-03-05· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. KerstenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-09-21· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. ShafferSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-12-14· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. OzovekSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-12· cited 3×
Cites
12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. PaquetteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 208×
- Commonwealth v. IlgenfritzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-17· cited 129×
- Commonwealth v. BlevinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-09-19· cited 110×
- Commonwealth v. StaffordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 83×
- Commonwealth v. ChermanskySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-05-21· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. McFaddenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-06-28· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. LawrenceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-01-03· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. ColemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-04-23· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. McFaddenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-06-30· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-12-20· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. BowdenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-04-22· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. SteeleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-10-04· cited 6×
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