Commonwealth v. Mitchell

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that “one cannot attempt to commit felony murder because an attempt is a specific intent crime”
• accomplice liability may be established by circumstantial evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Com. v. Rivera, W.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-08-25· cited 165×
• Commonwealth v. Chambers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-07-18· cited 72×
• Com. v. Rosario, K.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-03-23· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. Rose
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-09-29· cited 33×
• Com. v. Mitchell
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-08-30
• Com. v. Wellman, M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-08-18
• Com. v. Reed, C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-10-30

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Miller v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 2012-06-25· cited 6,816×
• Commonwealth v. Watley
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-11-25· cited 414×
• Commonwealth v. Sanchez
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-12-21· cited 300×
• Commonwealth v. Lambert
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-03-22· cited 273×
• Commonwealth v. Batts
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-03-26· cited 222×
• Commonwealth v. Knox
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-07-16· cited 172×
• Commonwealth v. Feliciano
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-05-14· cited 148×
• Commonwealth v. Fisher
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-10-30· cited 144×
• Commonwealth v. Lofton
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-12-07· cited 138×
• Commonwealth v. Devine
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-08-05· cited 129×
• Commonwealth v. Stokes
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-12-01· cited 116×
• McManamon v. Washko
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-08-31· cited 112×
• Commonwealth v. Moser
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-07-08· cited 103×
• Commonwealth v. Griffin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-01-28· cited 72×
• Commonwealth v. Spells
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-07-01· cited 69×
• Commonwealth v. Green
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-09-04· cited 60×
• In the Interest of T.B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-10-26· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. Roebuck
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-11-23· cited 47×
• Michael John Evanchyk, Jr., Petitioner-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Terry Stewart Janet Napolitano, Respondents-Appellants-Cross-Appellees
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-08-21· cited 46×
• Commonwealth v. Bailey
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-11-18· cited 46×