Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 11/13/1992
Commonwealth v. Price
Citations
- 616 A.2d 681
- 420 Pa. Super. 256
- 1992 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3860
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that evidence was sufficient for factfinder to find forcible compulsion where victim woke up while defendant was having intercourse with her, screamed for him to stop, and defendant continued penetration
- finding that a challenge to the credibility of a witness goes to the weight, not the sufficiency, of the evidence
- explaining that, while a sufficiency challenge asks whether the evidence exists on record to support conviction, an argument that the witness’s account is not credible goes to the weight of the evidence
- explaining that, while a sufficiency challenge asks whether the evidence exists on the record to sustain the conviction, an argument that the witness’s account is not credible goes to the weight of the evidence
- upholding trial court’s rejection of appellant’s alternative theory that was based on the location of semen stains on victim’s clothes
- explaining sufficiency challenge asks whether evidence exists on record to support conviction, whereas argument that witness's account is not credible goes to weight
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Judges: Olszewski, Elliott, Hester
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14 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. WidmerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-01-20· cited 1,854×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-10-23· cited 140×
- Commonwealth v. PageSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-01-07· cited 65×
- Com. v. Banniger, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-10-11· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. BuffingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-07-22· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. WallSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-07-10· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. WidmerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-10-02· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. SmolkoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-10-10· cited 31×
- Mulberry Market, Inc. v. City of Philadelphia, Board of License & Inspection ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-08-04· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. EnixSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-06-26· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. ErneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-07-23· cited 20×
- Becker v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals· 1998-12-28· cited 20×
- Braman v. CorbettSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-05-05· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. CurtinMonroe County Court of Common Pleas· 2006-01-26
Cites
15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Thompson v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-06-04· cited 206×
- Commonwealth v. StanleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-01· cited 192×
- Commonwealth v. WhitneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-07-15· cited 135×
- Commonwealth v. LutherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-15· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. MurraySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-09-13· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. RementerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-10-28· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. ShireySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-09-07· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. WestcottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-02-19· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. ShaverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-05-27· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. CarterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-10-01· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. SullivanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-10-31· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. CarterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-01-18· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. TitusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-29· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. KaminskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-12-13· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. GoodmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1956-10-25· cited 10×
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