Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 8/27/1979
Commonwealth v. Pitts
Citations
- 404 A.2d 1305
- 486 Pa. 212
- 1979 Pa. LEXIS 672
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that a jury is free to believe all, part, or none of the evidence presented
- stating murder of the third degree does not require a specific intent to kill
- “Voluntary manslaughter . . . involves the specific intent to kill but, by reason of passion and provocation, contains no legal malice.”
- jury is free to believe all, part or none of the evidence presented
- jury is free to believe all, part or none of the evidence presented
- “Murder of the third degree is a killing done with legal malice but without specific intent to kill. Voluntary manslaughter, on the other hand, involves the specific intent to kill but, by reason of passion and provocation, contains no legal malice.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Manderino, Larsen, Flaherty
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38 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. ButerbaughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-05-13· cited 510×
- Commonwealth v. HanibleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-10-19· cited 368×
- Commonwealth v. MitchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-07-19· cited 186×
- Commonwealth v. FisherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-10-30· cited 144×
- Stidham v. Millvale Sportsmen's ClubSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-11-13· cited 100×
- Commonwealth v. Davido, T., ApltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-15· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. GordonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-30· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. PiggSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-03-07· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. SeibertSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-03-24· cited 64×
- State v. PettitNebraska Supreme Court· 1989-09-22· cited 60×
- Dixon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-05-14· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. BaskervilleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-08-01· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. WanamakerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-02-05· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. WeimerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-08-17· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. HanibleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-11-19· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. HillSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-07-09· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. McCulloughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-01· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. HornerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-03-17· cited 32×
- Ross v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware· 1984-09-11· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. GilesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-11· cited 28×
Cites
12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. StoltzfusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-05-13· cited 382×
- Commonwealth v. RoseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 180×
- Commonwealth v. GravesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-18· cited 129×
- Commonwealth v. McNealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-05-22· cited 120×
- Commonwealth v. MooreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-12-31· cited 112×
- Commonwealth v. RaymondSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-10-09· cited 97×
- Commonwealth v. CampbellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-05-04· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. ButcherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-05-04· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. MusselmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-01-24· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. MasonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-07· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. BuddSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-06-28· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. FirthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-14· cited 17×
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