Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 3/16/1973
Commonwealth v. Pearson
Citations
- 450 Pa. 467
- 303 A.2d 481
- 1973 Pa. LEXIS 633
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- rejecting appellant’s argument that trial court’s use of the phrase “halt, hesitate and refuse to take action” indicated necessity for existence of stronger doubt in jurors’ minds than law required
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Judges: Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Mander-Ino, Manderino
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28 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 854×
- Commonwealth v. CookSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-07-24· cited 224×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-07-07· cited 138×
- Commonwealth v. UderraSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-10-21· cited 127×
- Commonwealth v. BanksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-11-26· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. PerrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-10-08· cited 93×
- Commonwealth v. GibsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-11-17· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. GraceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-07-08· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. RoundtreeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-10-20· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. WoodsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-04-22· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. CannonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-09-19· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-10-08· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. HaileySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. RoundtreeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. OrlowskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-09-07· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. DudenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-03-16· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. FiumeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-10-30· cited 31×
- State v. BrooksMissouri Court of Appeals· 1977-02-22· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. HarleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-01-11· cited 27×
- State v. OliveraHawaii Supreme Court· 1976-10-28· cited 26×
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court· 1972-06-22· cited 12,108×
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 7,763×
- Commonwealth v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-11-22· cited 220×
- Commonwealth v. BurnsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-01-21· cited 111×
- Commonwealth v. PearsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-09-26· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. AllenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-06-01· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-01-19· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. MillinerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-09-21· cited 5×
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