Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/28/1983
Commonwealth v. Middleton
Citations
- 467 A.2d 841
- 320 Pa. Super. 533
- 1983 Pa. Super. LEXIS 4168
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding claim that imposition of life without parole 2 Commonwealth v. Grazier, 713 A.2d 81 (Pa. 1998
- rejecting the appellant’s claim that “the imposition of a mandatory life sentence on one convicted of felony-murder constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in derogation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution”
- felony-murder rule upheld against Sandstrom challenge
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Judges: Spaeth, Brosky, Montemuro
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22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Com. v. Rivera, W.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-08-25· cited 165×
- Commonwealth v. HassineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-02-08· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. HernandezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-02-01· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. CookeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-04· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. HenkelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-11-14· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. StrunkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-12-03· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. HammSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-02-17· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. GelormoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-13· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. OrlowskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-09-07· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. DormanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-09-08· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. YountSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-21· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. KarlSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-06-15· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. DoughertySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-03-20· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. RawlsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-06-08· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. CarterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-07-23· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. SerianniSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-19· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. GreenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-02-25· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. MarshSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-11-16· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. KelliherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-02-10· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-19· cited 5×
Cites
51 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
- Solem v. HelmSupreme Court· 1983-06-28· cited 4,242×
- Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,907×
- Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court· 1982-07-02· cited 2,349×
- Rummel v. EstelleSupreme Court· 1980-03-18· cited 2,234×
- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-30· cited 709×
- Commonwealth v. KloiberSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1954-06-28· cited 530×
- Commonwealth v. BlairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-01-27· cited 461×
- Commonwealth v. RedlineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1958-01-10· cited 229×
- Commonwealth v. PetersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-07-02· cited 168×
- Commonwealth v. McKennaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 167×
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Smith v. MyersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-01-30· cited 143×
- Commonwealth v. UlatoskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 123×
- Commonwealth v. McNealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-05-22· cited 120×
- Commonwealth v. MoodySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-11-30· cited 108×
- Commonwealth v. PatrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1965-01-19· cited 104×
- Snider v. ThornburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-09-29· cited 96×
- Commonwealth v. BanksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-11-26· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. DuncanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. WatersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 91×
Other cases named Commonwealth v. Middleton
17 other CourtListener records share this case name.
- Commonwealth v. MiddletonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-05· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. MiddletonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-11-10· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. MiddletonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-09-27· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. MiddletonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-08-17· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. MiddletonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-12-07· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. MiddletonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1978-07-18· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. MiddletonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1905-02-06· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. MiddletonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky· 1924-11-14· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. MiddletonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-05-04· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. MiddletonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1935-01-18
- Commonwealth v. MiddletonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-01-13
- Commonwealth v. MiddletonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-10-18
- Commonwealth v. MiddletonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-11-17
- Commonwealth v. MiddletonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-22
- Commonwealth v. MiddletonChester County Court of Common Pleas· 1981-04-23
- Commonwealth v. MiddletonPhiladelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 1987-12-02
- Commonwealth v. MiddletonVirginia Beach County Circuit Court· 1988-04-25
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