Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 3/16/1979
Commonwealth v. Perrin
Citations
- 398 A.2d 1007
- 484 Pa. 188
- 1979 Pa. LEXIS 521
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the fact the victim was strangled to death with her legs spread apart and her clothing torn from her body, combined with spermatozoa found inside her vagina, constituted sufficient evidence to support a jury finding that she had been raped
- admission of single larceny conviction
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Judges: Eagen, Roberts, Nix, Manderino, Larsen, O'Brien
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22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. MusiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-06· cited 132×
- Commonwealth v. RandallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-07-09· cited 126×
- Commonwealth v. ThomasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-06-27· cited 102×
- Commonwealth v. KeatonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-04-12· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. SudlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-10-14· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. OgrodSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-12-30· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. StrongSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-07-26· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. HendersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-12-24· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. OsbornSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-18· cited 31×
- West v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas· 1986-11-17· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. MlinarichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-08-30· cited 29×
- State v. O'BRIENSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1980-03-11· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. TroySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-01-13· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. SabbSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-08-24· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-15· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. BrabhamSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-12· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-03-01· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. EppsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-05· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. PhillipsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-11-09· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. McGarrySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-19· cited 5×
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-11-14· cited 1,351×
- Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 854×
- Charles M. Luck v. United StatesD.C. Circuit· 1965-08-16· cited 415×
- Commonwealth v. BighumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-07-02· cited 319×
- Commonwealth v. RoseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 180×
- Commonwealth v. RootsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 127×
- Commonwealth v. MartinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-04-17· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. GreenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 34×
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