Commonwealth v. Penn

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 test of disqualification is the juror’s ability and willingness to eliminate the influence of his or her scruples and render a verdict according to the evidence
• concluding prospective juror who was “steeped in law enforcement” and said she would be more likely to believe the testimony of a police officer should have been stricken for cause
• explaining “[t]he decision whether to disqualify a venireman is within the discretion of the trial court and will not be disturbed on appeal absent a palpable abuse of that discretion”
• finding court abused its discretion in denying motion to strike juror for cause and the error - 10 - J-A08032-19 was not harmless because defendant forced to use peremptory challenge
• finding court abused its discretion in denying motion to strike juror for cause and the error - 10 - J-A08032-19 was not harmless because defendant forced to use peremptory challenge
• finding court abused its discretion in denying motion to strike juror for cause and the error - 10 - J-A08032-19 was not harmless because defendant forced to use peremptory challenge

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-08-25· cited 104×
• Commonwealth v. Golphin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-05-08· cited 59×
• Trigg v. Children's Hosp. of Pittsburgh of UPMC
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-05-14· cited 8×
• Smith, A. v. Cordero, M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-11-15· cited 3×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. DeHart
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-03· cited 145×
• Commonwealth v. Ingber
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-10-06· cited 74×
• Commonwealth v. Colon
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-12-11· cited 58×
• Commonwealth v. Hale
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-02-06· cited 56×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-05-07· cited 50×
• Commonwealth v. Free
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-06-23· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Dunston
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-12-17· cited 9×