Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 11/24/1975
Commonwealth v. Padgett
Citations
- 348 A.2d 87
- 465 Pa. 1
- 1975 Pa. LEXIS 1105
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- holding that firing bullet in general area where vital organs are located is sufficient to prove specific intent to kill beyond reasonable doubt
- holding that “we are not persuaded that it must be shown that the bullet fired from a revolver, a deadly weapon, initially entered a vital organ before the inference of specific intent to kill can arise.”
- shot to victim’s arm was “in the general area in which vital organs are -8- J-S20034-23 located” and by itself was sufficient to prove specific intent to kill
- “The firing of a bullet in the general area in which vital organs are located can in and of itself be sufficient to prove specific intent to kill beyond a reasonable doubt.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino
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13 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. ManleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-11-30· cited 182×
- Commonwealth v. FrederickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-13· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. ColbertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. WycheSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-10-28· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. JacksonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-27· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. SergeLackawanna County Court of Common Pleas· 2001-09-14· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. MadisonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-26· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. MonacoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-05-18· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. BaylorSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-30· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. PadgettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-05· cited 2×
- Com. v. Newton, I.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-06-17· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. Holt, R., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-04-28
- Commonwealth v. JackForest County Court of Common Pleas· 1980-11-03
Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court· 1975-06-09· cited 3,396×
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-11-14· cited 1,351×
- Commonwealth v. KravitzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1960-04-18· cited 174×
- Commonwealth v. BoydSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-18· cited 128×
- Commonwealth v. MurraySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-18· cited 108×
- Commonwealth v. HornbergerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-10-09· cited 104×
- Commonwealth v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-05-13· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. EwingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-04-22· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. StewartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-04-17· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. GidaroSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1950-01-03· cited 33×
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