Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1/13/1992
Commonwealth v. Saunders
Citations
- 602 A.2d 816
- 529 Pa. 140
- 1992 Pa. LEXIS 19
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- while an alibi instruction containing 'the express language “even if not wholly believed” may be proper, it is not a necessary pre-requisite to a finding that a charge was accurate and proper
- “The review does not focus upon whether certain ‘magic words’ were included in the [jury] charge. Rather, it is the effect of the charge as a whole that is controlling.”
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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy
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24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. HallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-09-17· cited 237×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-11-22· cited 233×
- Commonwealth v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-09-17· cited 223×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-04-26· cited 203×
- Commonwealth v. MontalvoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-12-28· cited 168×
- Commonwealth v. BronshteinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-03-25· cited 109×
- Commonwealth v. KeatonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-04-12· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. StevensSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-10-27· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. BusanetSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-19· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. PoindexterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-08-25· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. ThomasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-08-18· cited 68×
- Com. Wilson, T.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-03-31· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. RoxberrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-13· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. CollinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-10-27· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. SpellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-10-07· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-13· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. SotoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-04-24· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. ClarkSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-09-10· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. PizzoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-13· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. MaysSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-04-22· cited 10×
Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. BonomoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-05-28· cited 168×
- Commonwealth v. OhleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-14· cited 157×
- Commonwealth v. PoundsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-03· cited 144×
- Commonwealth v. WhitingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-01-08· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. YostSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-04-28· cited 72×
- Commonwealth v. ChestnutSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-06-30· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-10-26· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. WillisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-02-08· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. BrightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-02-24· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-08-25· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. PayneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-06-14· cited 9×
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