Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 3/16/1979
Commonwealth v. Patterson
Citations
- 399 A.2d 123
- 484 Pa. 374
- 1979 Pa. LEXIS 518
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that the requirement of an “identical modus operandi is not required under the common plan or scheme exception”
- noting that the victims were of totally different ages
- footnotes and quotation marks omitted, numbering altered for clarity, and numbering brackets altered for consistency
- in rape prosecution, admission of prior rape by defendant, held, error where dissimilarities between the two crimes included the weapon used, locales, disguise of assailant, use of violence
- in rape prosecution, admission of prior rape by defendant, held, error where dissimilarities between the two crimes included the weapon used, locales, disguise of assailant, use of violence
- “Because of the dissimilarities, we are not - 14 - J-S24010-23 persuaded a nearly identical method or a common scheme, plan, or design was established.”
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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Manderino, Larsen
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13 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. HughesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-13· cited 237×
- Commonwealth v. DeJohnSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-05-17· cited 216×
- Commonwealth v. Hicks, C., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-03-28· cited 119×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-11-03· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-06-19· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. BoothSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-06-12· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. GreenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-08-14· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. CampbellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-05-17· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. BrunnerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-10-08· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. SteeleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-09-04· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-01-06· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. MarvelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-12· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. BrothersLawrence County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-09-23
Cites
12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. BlairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-01-27· cited 461×
- Commonwealth v. WableSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1955-05-23· cited 202×
- Commonwealth v. FortuneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-30· cited 114×
- Commonwealth v. WatersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 91×
- Commonwealth v. GraceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-07-08· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. PerilloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-08-17· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. PughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. SherardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-07· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-07· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. HitsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. RoachSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. PattersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-03-31· cited 13×
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