Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2/6/1989
Commonwealth v. Meadows
Citations
- 553 A.2d 1006
- 381 Pa. Super. 354
- 1989 Pa. Super. LEXIS 109
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- presence of dried blood on item of victim's clothing admitted into evidence does not necessarily render such evidence inflammatory
- presence of dried blood on item of victim’s clothing admitted into evidence does not necessarily render such evidence inflammatory
- evidence sufficient to convict for rape where “appellant pinned [the victim] to the ground and knowingly disregarded her efforts to communicate the idea that she did not want to have intercourse”
- victim “pinned” to the ground despite physical resistance
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Judges: Montemuro, Beck, Popovich
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18 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. FromalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-03-22· cited 68×
- Commonwealth v. GonzalesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-05-28· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. SattazahnSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-07-30· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. ScarfoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-17· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. RileySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-05-09· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. SchwartzSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-10-20· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. PurcellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-02-21· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. CalderiniSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-03· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. SmolkoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-10-10· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. MignognaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-12-20· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-03-15· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. ReedSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-12-06· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. BerkowitzSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-22· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. CannadySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-05-06· cited 17×
- Pagesh v. UcmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-04-19· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. ProbstSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-09-18· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. DaySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-09-21· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. RossBlair County Court of Common Pleas· 2005-04-13
Cites
31 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. BighumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-07-02· cited 319×
- Commonwealth v. RhodesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-06-06· cited 230×
- Commonwealth v. BolishSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1955-04-19· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. TervalonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 122×
- Commonwealth v. BoyleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-07-08· cited 115×
- Commonwealth v. WhitingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-01-08· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. FordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. ChestnutSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-06-30· cited 69×
- United States v. George AgeeThird Circuit· 1979-06-18· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. MartinezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-12-01· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. HernandezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-29· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. TuckerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-18· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. PearsallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-11-18· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. HollandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-05-20· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. GroveSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-05-18· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. HammSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-02-17· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. CallowaySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-15· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. HeckathornSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-04-24· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. SeigristSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-04-13· cited 34×
- United States v. Gordon W. Franklin, Frederick J. Bonomo, Gerald A. PiniFifth Circuit· 1978-12-20· cited 32×
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