Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 11/24/1976
Commonwealth v. Rivera
Citations
- 367 A.2d 719
- 470 Pa. 131
- 1976 Pa. LEXIS 790
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- commenting that “evidence of drug use, like evidence of any other bad habit of a defendant, should be avoided except when relevant to an issue before the fact-finder”
- “The m[e]re possession of such drugs, however, is not an offense under the law . . . .”
- reference to accused as “junkie” did not create reasonable inference of prior criminal activity
- reference to accused as \junkie\ did not create reasonable inference of prior criminal activity
- dissenting opinion of Manderino, J., joined by Roberts, J.
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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Jones
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15 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. CarterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-04-08· cited 145×
- Commonwealth v. ScarboroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-22· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. DavisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-06-22· cited 72×
- Commonwealth v. BrinkleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-07-13· cited 72×
- Commonwealth v. BennettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. WhitfieldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-07-08· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. KrasnerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-03-06· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. RawlsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-10-13· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. RiveraSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-12-20· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. ScaramuzzinoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-05· cited 14×
- United States v. SafehouseThird Circuit· 2021-01-12· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. RiveraSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-30· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. MiltonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-10-31· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. FrazierSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-07-13· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. BeySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-02-06· cited 5×
Cites
14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1962-06-25· cited 2,369×
- Commonwealth v. ClairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 732×
- Commonwealth v. AllenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-06-28· cited 242×
- Commonwealth v. YountSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-01-24· cited 177×
- Commonwealth v. FortuneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-30· cited 114×
- Commonwealth v. ReidSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 95×
- Commonwealth v. ArchambaultSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-04-20· cited 89×
- Commonwealth v. GroceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-05-04· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. GaddySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 75×
- Commonwealth v. RussellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. DukesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-01-27· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. CarlosSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-07-07· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-09-23· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. QuarlesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-09-23· cited 11×
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