Commonwealth v. Pugh

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[E]xpert testimony regarding false confessions is impermissible as it provides no pedagogical purpose and interferes with the jury’s exclusive duty to assess the credibility of witnesses.”
• wherein defense counsel conceded that consent “is not an element of any of these charges” and claimed, contrary to his argument on appeal, that he “would never raise the argument that because [E.S.] consented[, Lawrence] should be found not guilty.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-12-08· cited 169×
• Commonwealth v. Rich
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-07-17· cited 6×
• Com. v. James, G.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-06-13· cited 2×
• Com. v. Pugh, R.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-10-07
• Commonwealth v. McGinnis, R., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-12-01

Cites

41 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Frye v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1923-12-03· cited 4,204×
• Commonwealth v. Koehler
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-01-20· cited 580×
• Commonwealth v. Stoltzfus
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-05-13· cited 382×
• Commonwealth v. Baker
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-06-27· cited 184×
• Stephan v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1985-12-06· cited 183×
• United States v. Todd Tykarsky A/K/A Toddyty63 A/K/A Golpher12345
  Third Circuit· 2006-05-10· cited 174×
• State v. Scales
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1994-06-30· cited 174×
• Commonwealth v. Seese
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-11-17· cited 168×
• Commonwealth v. DiGiambattista
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-08-16· cited 167×
• Commonwealth v. Delbridge
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-09-25· cited 165×
• Commonwealth v. Dunkle
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-22· cited 162×
• Commonwealth v. Turner
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-08-19· cited 152×
• Commonwealth v. Baker
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-10-30· cited 128×
• United States v. Fawaz Yunis
  D.C. Circuit· 1988-11-17· cited 120×
• Commonwealth v. Slocum
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-02-21· cited 115×
• Commonwealth v. Minich
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-04-21· cited 107×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-03-07· cited 92×
• Paul K. Raditch, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. United States of America, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-03-26· cited 88×
• Commonwealth v. Appel
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-01-28· cited 88×