Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 6/8/1984
Commonwealth v. Rawls
Citations
- 477 A.2d 540
- 328 Pa. Super. 469
- 1984 Pa. Super. LEXIS 4958
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- equating of intent to kill with intent to commit a serious felony is permissible legislative decision reflecting the gravity of killing during a serious felony
- “[Tjhe felony-murder doctrine merely imputes the malice incident to the intentional felony over to the killing . . . .”
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Judges: Cirillo, Beck, Johnson
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8 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. OrtegaNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1991-09-03· cited 155×
- State v. ReevesNebraska Supreme Court· 1990-03-16· cited 103×
- Commonwealth v. RoaneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-06-15· cited 97×
- State v. TamaliniWashington Supreme Court· 1998-03-26· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. BellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-01-13· cited 50×
- – State v. Patterson –Supreme Court of Kansas· 2020-01-10· cited 41×
- State v. BurkhartMontana Supreme Court· 2004-12-23· cited 26×
- State v. MonacoOregon Supreme Court· 2026-03-12· cited 1×
Cites
24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court· 1979-06-18· cited 3,585×
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-11-14· cited 1,351×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-11-26· cited 193×
- Commonwealth v. ShafferSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-17· cited 174×
- Commonwealth v. YuknavichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-10-04· cited 67×
- Henry Arthur Drake v. Robert O. FrancisEleventh Circuit· 1984-04-05· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. WatersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-15· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. MiddletonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-10-28· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. KlingerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-16· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. CampbellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-01-07· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. CarsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-30· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. HerbergSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-11-05· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. FortuneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-31· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. GeigerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-12-01· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. NunezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-15· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. AnthonySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-05-13· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-08-30· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. HazenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-06-17· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-11· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. DanielsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-22· cited 9×
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