Commonwealth v. Rosado

How courts have described this case

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

• firing bullets into a window was sufficient to sustain a conviction despite fact that victims were unharmed
• firing bullets into a window was sufficient to sustain a conviction despite fact that victims were unharmed
• finding evidence sufficient where defendant fired into lighted second story windows of victim’s home
• “The fact that the accused misapprehended the circumstances, thereby making it impossible for him to commit the crime undertaken, is not a defense to an attempt crime.”
• “The fact that the accused misapprehended the circumstances, thereby making it impossible for him to commit the crime undertaken, is not a defense to an attempt crime.”
• defendant’s act of firing shots into upper windows of building established intent to injure occupants, notwithstanding his assertions that he was unaware the victims used the second floor of their grocery business as their residence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Bruce
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-01-04· cited 261×
• Commonwealth v. Lewis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-11-08· cited 151×
• Commonwealth v. Gruff
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-03-27· cited 75×
• Commonwealth v. Landis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-06-26· cited 65×
• Boston v. Mooney
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2015-10-29· cited 4×
• Davis v. Government of the Virgin Islands
  Virgin Islands· 2007-04-03· cited 4×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 264×
• Commonwealth v. Griscavage
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-11-17· cited 176×
• Commonwealth v. Harper
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-05· cited 139×
• Commonwealth v. Cassidy
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-11-16· cited 76×
• Commonwealth v. Seibert
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-03-24· cited 64×
• Commonwealth v. Hagan
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-02-15· cited 56×
• Commonwealth v. Fierst
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-02-24· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Lopez
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-02-21· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Eaddy
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-30· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Bigelow
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-07-30· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Elrod
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-03-07· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Magnelli
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-12-20· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Hunter
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-07-07· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Everett
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-09-13· cited 9×