Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/2/1959
Commonwealth v. Nelson
Citations
- 396 Pa. 359
- 152 A.2d 913
- 1959 Pa. LEXIS 558
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- prosecution may elicit on cross-examination that defendant had shot her husband a year before the killing, after she had testified as to her good relationship with her husband
- prosecution may elicit on cross-examination that defendant had shot her husband a year before the killing, after she had testified as to her good relationship with her husband
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Judges: Bell, Bok, Cohen, Jones, McBride, Musmanno
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46 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. O'SEAROSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 219×
- Commonwealth v. CoyleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-10-14· cited 166×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-05-02· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. PetrakovichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-12-05· cited 145×
- Commonwealth v. UlatoskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 123×
- Commonwealth v. RootSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1961-05-02· cited 118×
- Commonwealth v. HoffmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-07-02· cited 114×
- Commonwealth v. MooreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-12-31· cited 112×
- Commonwealth v. CarrollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-11-12· cited 103×
- Commonwealth v. GarciaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-07· cited 101×
- Commonwealth v. KenneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-11-30· cited 101×
- Commonwealth v. BooneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-30· cited 95×
- Commonwealth v. MeltonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1962-03-13· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. CommanderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-01-09· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. KirklandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-11-27· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. CainSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. MooreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. EwingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-04-22· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. FinnieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-07-01· cited 67×
- United States ex rel. Matthews v. JohnsonThird Circuit· 1974-08-15· cited 66×
Cites
15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. DrumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1868-07-01· cited 323×
- Commonwealth v. BolishSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1955-04-19· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. ColandroSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1911-04-10· cited 122×
- Commonwealth v. HomeyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1953-02-13· cited 113×
- Commonwealth v. DonoughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1954-03-25· cited 105×
- Commonwealth v. PatskinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1953-01-05· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. PalermoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1951-06-27· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. HellerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1952-03-24· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. BallemSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1956-06-25· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. BuzardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1950-11-13· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. MinnichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1915-07-03· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. DorazioSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1950-06-26· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. CrossmireSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1893-07-19· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. KellyonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1923-06-23· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1921-03-07· cited 20×
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