Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2/28/1977
Commonwealth v. Meadows
Citations
- 369 A.2d 1266
- 471 Pa. 201
- 1977 Pa. LEXIS 581
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- Even if evidence is determined to be legally sufficient to sustain a guilty verdict, a defendant may be given a new trial on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence
- with almost an identical factual situation
- with almost an identical factual situation
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Judges: Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino
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79 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. KarkariaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-05-26· cited 213×
- Commonwealth v. BrooksSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-10-07· cited 203×
- Commonwealth v. GroffSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-09-20· cited 103×
- Commonwealth v. WhitemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-11-30· cited 98×
- Commonwealth v. JarmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-22· cited 93×
- Commonwealth v. VogelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-27· cited 89×
- Commonwealth v. RawlesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-01· cited 74×
- In Re Petition for Writ of ProhibitionCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-04-08· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. MurraySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-09-13· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. HinchcliffeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-14· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. WallerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-04-30· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. FeathersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-05-31· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. CohenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-04-30· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. BraceySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-06-03· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. BentleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-03-07· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. TingleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-01-11· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. GouseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-05-15· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. ParkerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-10-15· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-08-19· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. BigelowSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-07-30· cited 33×
Cites
15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. TabbSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1965-03-16· cited 150×
- Commonwealth v. BlevinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-09-19· cited 110×
- Commonwealth v. WinebrennerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-04-28· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. WrightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1956-01-03· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. FroelichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. HayesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1965-04-15· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. HazlettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-04-16· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. TerendaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1969-04-23· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. CoyleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-09-16· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. AllenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-04-03· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. HarbaughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1962-04-12· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1960-06-15· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. MeadowsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-12-11· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. JacksonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-27· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. WilsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-02-27· cited 5×
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