Skip to main content
Federal & State Lawfederalstatelaw.com
Home/Federal/Cases
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 3/24/1995

Commonwealth v. Rainey

Citations

  • 656 A.2d 1326
  • 540 Pa. 220
  • 1995 Pa. LEXIS 179

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding closing arguments in guilt and penalty phases referring to defendant as \criminal\ and having \cold-bloodedly murdered\ victim fairly represented evidence and were not so graphic as to exceed bounds of permissible oratorical flair
  • holding closing arguments in guilt and penalty phases referring to defendant as “criminal” and having “cold-bloodedly murdered” victim fairly represented evidence and were not so graphic as to exceed bounds of permissible oratorical flair
  • holding closing arguments in guilt and penalty phases referring to defendant as “criminal” and having “cold-bloodedly murdered” victim fairly represented evidence and were not so graphic as to exceed bounds of permissible oratorical flair
  • holding closing arguments in guilt and penalty phases referring to defendant as “criminal” and having “cold-bloodedly murdered” victim fairly represented evidence and were not so graphic as to exceed bounds of permissible oratorical flair
  • stating trial court's instruction to the jury informing it that an individual's name had been replaced with the letter \X\ was in accordance with the law
  • stating trial court’s instruction to the jury informing it that an individual's name had been replaced with the letter “X” was in accordance with the law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Nix, C.J., and Flaherty, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy, Castille and Montemuro

Read full opinion on CourtListener

Cited by

32 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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

Other cases with this name

Sourced from CourtListener / Free Law Project (CC0).

This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.