Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 3/8/1991
Commonwealth v. McFadden
Citations
- 587 A.2d 740
- 402 Pa. Super. 517
- 1991 Pa. Super. LEXIS 514
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that struggle for gun with estranged husband entitled defendant to self-defense charge
- holding that struggle for gun with estranged husband entitled defendant to self-defense charge
- a self-defense charge is appropriate in cases involving accidental injury when the accidental injury or death occurred while defendant was defending himself
- Lawson standard met where trial counsel failed to request that the jury be charged on self-defense, despite evidence supporting such a charge
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Judges: McEwen, Sole, Cercone
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9 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. CharlestonCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-06-06· cited 278×
- Commonwealth v. MurraySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-09-13· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. StewardSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-04-25· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. BeasleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-03-18· cited 37×
- State v. MooreSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1999-06-02· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. McCloskeySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-03-30· cited 21×
- State v. BlanksNew Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1998-06-24· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. LoachSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-12-31· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. WilsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-04-05· cited 7×
Cites
14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. RoseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 180×
- Commonwealth v. LawsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-17· cited 180×
- Commonwealth v. RoseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-07-01· cited 177×
- Commonwealth v. MyrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 144×
- Commonwealth v. ClemmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-06-28· cited 135×
- Commonwealth v. BlackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-08-17· cited 120×
- Commonwealth v. CropperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. MayfieldSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-01-30· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. SpottsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-03-29· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. ShablinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-04-13· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. PerlmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-02-26· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. GonzalesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-10-26· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. BrimageSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-09-07· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. FlanaganSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-07-26· cited 4×
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