Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2/8/1990
Commonwealth v. Porter
Citations
- 569 A.2d 942
- 524 Pa. 162
- 1990 Pa. LEXIS 55
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- Defense counsel’s decision not to call witnesses cannot be faulted when their testimony could be easily subverted.
- where evidence supported remark, prosecutor’s description of defendant as “coldblooded killer” was permissible
- where evidence supported remark, prosecutor's description of defendant as \cold-blooded killer\ was permissible
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Judges: Flaherty, Former, Larsen, McDERMOTT, Nix, Papadakos, Stout, Zappala
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18 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Ernest Porter v. Pennsylvania Department of CorThird Circuit· 2020-09-01· cited 218×
- Commonwealth v. PorterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-01-19· cited 177×
- Commonwealth v. HardcastleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-10-01· cited 146×
- Commonwealth v. CarterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-04-08· cited 145×
- Commonwealth v. Reid, A., ApltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-20· cited 136×
- Commonwealth v. MorrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-10-30· cited 109×
- Commonwealth v. KennedySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-06-21· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. BlountSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-08-24· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-08-20· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. NollSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-07-26· cited 54×
- Porter v. HornE.D. Pennsylvania· 2003-06-26· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. NatividadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-06-25· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. StewardSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-04-25· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. HoffmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-04-18· cited 42×
- Holt v. McCastlainSupreme Court of Arkansas· 2004-05-20· cited 10×
- McKenna v. NevadaSupreme Court· 1990-10-15· cited 3×
- Com. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-08-20
- Commonwealth v. JonesPhiladelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 1990-11-28
Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 730×
- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-30· cited 709×
- Commonwealth v. FreySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-13· cited 262×
- Cox v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1984-10-29· cited 180×
- Commonwealth v. HickmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-09-19· cited 161×
- Commonwealth v. JermynSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-10-15· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. SmallwoodSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-03-10· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. SyreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-03· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. FullerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-14· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-02-01· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-05-24· cited 19×
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