Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 9/30/1991
Commonwealth v. Mitchell
Citations
- 599 A.2d 624
- 528 Pa. 546
- 1991 Pa. LEXIS 207
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that individuals sleeping upstairs were put at grave risk of death even though murder occurred downstairs
- holding that the fact that the person placed in grave risk is “lucky” and is not injured is of “no importance” to a determination under Section 9711(d)(7)
- “ft]he fact that another person is lucky, and is not injured, is of no importance”
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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy
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79 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. BomarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-05-30· cited 478×
- Commonwealth v. FreemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-05-30· cited 307×
- Commonwealth v. EichingerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-02-20· cited 275×
- Commonwealth v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-07-19· cited 271×
- Commonwealth v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-10-14· cited 270×
- Commonwealth v. DrumhellerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-09-20· cited 254×
- Commonwealth v. LaCavaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-09-19· cited 252×
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-07-01· cited 246×
- Commonwealth v. HallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-09-17· cited 237×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-11-22· cited 233×
- Commonwealth v. BoczkowskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-03-23· cited 231×
- Commonwealth v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-09-17· cited 223×
- Commonwealth v. FlanaganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-07-23· cited 212×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-11-24· cited 207×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-11-22· cited 204×
- Commonwealth v. MalloySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-09-01· cited 183×
- Commonwealth v. BaezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-11-23· cited 170×
- Commonwealth v. CollinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-11-20· cited 165×
- Commonwealth v. SpotzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-08-22· cited 153×
- Commonwealth v. GribbleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-11-20· cited 152×
Cites
17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-30· cited 709×
- Commonwealth v. FreySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-13· cited 262×
- Commonwealth v. HardcastleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-08-10· cited 233×
- Pioneer Finishing Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court· 1983-08-23· cited 229×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-03-29· cited 139×
- Commonwealth v. WhitneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-07-15· cited 135×
- Commonwealth v. StoykoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-17· cited 132×
- Commonwealth v. HenrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-02-08· cited 120×
- Commonwealth v. AnthonySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-24· cited 105×
- Commonwealth v. WeinsteinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-10-26· cited 97×
- Commonwealth v. GriffinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-09-26· cited 96×
- Commonwealth v. AlbrechtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-06-23· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. RolanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-18· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. BrickerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. MorrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-09-22· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. WatsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-10-19· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. MoserSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-14· cited 22×
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