Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 5/8/1991
Commonwealth v. Murphy
Citations
- 591 A.2d 278
- 527 Pa. 309
- 1991 Pa. LEXIS 113
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- finding counsel ineffective for failing to cross-examine Commonwealth witness on bias where witness’s credibility was crucial, as she was the only eyewitness to the crime
- finding counsel ineffective for failing to cross-examine Commonwealth witness on bias where witness's credibility was crucial, as she was the only eyewitness to the crime
- finding defense counsel ineffective for failing to cross-examine key prosecution witnesses about possible bias
- finding defense counsel ineffective for failing to cross-examine key prosecution witnesses about possible bias
- a defendant in a criminal case be allowed to impeach the credibility of a prosecution witness by cross-examination directed at possible bias deriving from the witness' probationary status as a juvenile delinquent
- ineffective assistance for deficient cross-examination
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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy, McDermott
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10 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. KimballSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-01-22· cited 512×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-06-04· cited 461×
- Commonwealth v. MarinelliSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-02-25· cited 99×
- Commonwealth v. MurphySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-04-18· cited 58×
- Com. v. Epps, K.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-09-23· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. MurphySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-10-28· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. BaxterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-04-25· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. KimballSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-09-19· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. JenningsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-06-21· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. WalkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-10-25· cited 1×
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court· 1974-02-27· cited 5,953×
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-09· cited 2,071×
- Commonwealth v. PettusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-02-05· cited 291×
- Commonwealth v. DurstSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-05-30· cited 206×
- Commonwealth v. SlaughterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-11-18· cited 100×
- Commonwealth v. KatchmerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-09-19· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. SimmonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-06· cited 19×
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