Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/7/1991
Commonwealth v. Newman
Citations
- 598 A.2d 275
- 528 Pa. 393
- 1991 Pa. LEXIS 209
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that - 12 - J-S17033-17 consolidation was proper even where there was a lapse of 18 months between the two offenses
- stating that a commonality of roles and location of crime establishes a common design and that the court must examine shared details
- stating that the establishment of a common scheme, plan or design “requires only that there are shared similarities in the details of each crime.”
- allowing introduction of evidence of another crime in spite of an eighteen-month gap between the two offenses
- allowing introduction of evidence of another crime in spite of an eighteen-month gap between the two offenses
- stating that a commonality of roles and situs establishes a common design
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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy
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26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. LaCavaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-09-19· cited 252×
- Commonwealth v. CarsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-12-27· cited 237×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-12-30· cited 199×
- Commonwealth v. CollinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-11-20· cited 165×
- Commonwealth v. WholaverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-02-18· cited 131×
- Commonwealth v. FergusonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-01-05· cited 117×
- Commonwealth v. O'BrienSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-11-13· cited 112×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-02-13· cited 99×
- Commonwealth v. KeatonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-04-12· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. RushSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-08-23· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. Hannibal, S., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-11-22· cited 75×
- Commonwealth v. BoyleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-06-09· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-06-19· cited 29×
- Com. v. Lively, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-04-20· cited 23×
- Com. v. Carter, P.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-07-25· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. McCallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-19· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. GordonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-12-27· cited 11×
- Com. v. Gray, N.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-05-25· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. MurphySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-08-06· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. BrooksSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-06-14· cited 3×
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. LarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-05-20· cited 330×
- Commonwealth v. RhodesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-06-06· cited 230×
- Commonwealth v. MorrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-01-30· cited 177×
- Commonwealth v. ClaypoolSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-06-26· cited 144×
- Commonwealth v. ShivelySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-01-30· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. DonahueSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-19· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. NewmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-10-12· cited 4×
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