Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/1/1994
Commonwealth v. Rivers
Citations
- 644 A.2d 710
- 537 Pa. 394
- 1994 Pa. LEXIS 271
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- jury being informed of “other charges” of which defendant was not convicted was harmless error when court immediately instructed jury that these convictions could not be considered
- same for defendant who was thirty-four years old at the time of the murder
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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy, Montemuro
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48 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. BomarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-05-30· cited 478×
- Commonwealth v. SpotzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-05-02· cited 402×
- Commonwealth v. EichingerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-02-20· cited 275×
- Commonwealth v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-07-19· cited 271×
- Commonwealth v. Spotz, M., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-10-18· cited 262×
- Commonwealth v. LaCavaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-09-19· cited 252×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-11-22· cited 233×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-09-18· cited 185×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-03-28· cited 174×
- Commonwealth v. CollinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-11-20· cited 165×
- Commonwealth v. GribbleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-11-20· cited 152×
- Commonwealth v. FlorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-07-22· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-01-26· cited 146×
- Commonwealth v. WayneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-10-29· cited 132×
- Commonwealth v. KingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-12-02· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-12-22· cited 114×
- Commonwealth v. MarinelliSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-02-25· cited 99×
- Commonwealth v. PuksarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-11-01· cited 98×
- Commonwealth v. RiversSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-20· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. LairdSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-03-01· cited 88×
Cites
29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
- Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 730×
- Commonwealth v. FreySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-13· cited 262×
- Commonwealth v. ChesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-03-20· cited 227×
- Commonwealth v. BakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-17· cited 216×
- Cox v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1984-10-29· cited 180×
- Commonwealth v. FahySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-21· cited 120×
- Commonwealth v. HolcombSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-10-04· cited 114×
- Commonwealth v. MitchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-09-30· cited 113×
- Commonwealth v. BeasleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-06-28· cited 96×
- Commonwealth v. BeasleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-18· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. GorbySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-04-03· cited 84×
- Commonwealth v. MayfieldSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-01-30· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. BoyleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 75×
- Commonwealth v. CollinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-07-07· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. GoinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-07-11· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 63×
- Ledet v. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitSupreme Court· 1991-11-12· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. GreenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-04-21· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. RolanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-18· cited 55×
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