Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2/20/1990
Commonwealth v. Mitchell
Citations
- 570 A.2d 532
- 391 Pa. Super. 100
- 1990 Pa. Super. LEXIS 322
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- indicating that, “[i]n homicide cases, pathologists may base their opinions on facts from autopsy reports prepared by others”
- in homicide cases, testifying pathologists may base their opinions on facts contained in autopsy reports authored by others
- Judge Olszewski’s opinion, in which Judges Cavanaugh and Cercone concurred, stated that because the trial court only admitted the facts from the autopsy report but not medical opinion, McCloud could be distinguished.
- cited with approval in Commonwealth v. Fletcher, 896 A.2d 508, 510 (Pa. 2006)
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Judges: Cavanaugh, Olszewski, Cercone
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8 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. AliSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-12-29· cited 675×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-06-01· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. BufordSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-10-08· cited 39×
- Detterline v. D'Ambrosio's Dodge, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-12-04· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. FletcherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-04-21· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. TippensSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-10-23· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. ReedSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-08-02· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. RoweSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-09· cited 9×
Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. CabezaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-29· cited 222×
- Commonwealth v. ThomasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-10-12· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-11-05· cited 117×
- Commonwealth v. DanielsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-27· cited 97×
- Commonwealth v. DunbarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-19· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. McCloudSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-07-29· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. KellySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-09-23· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. HaddleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-11-02· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. PorterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-05-28· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. VernonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-02-10· cited 5×
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