Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 5/24/1984
Commonwealth v. Simmons
Citations
- 475 A.2d 1310
- 504 Pa. 565
- 1984 Pa. LEXIS 269
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- finding that Superior Court exceeded its bounds by considering sua sponte whether “defense of others” charge should have been given where appellee argued only that trial court’s self-defense charge was defective
- finding that Superior Court exceeded its bounds by considering sua sponte whether \defense of others\ charge should have been given where appellee argued only that trial court's self-defense charge was defective
- where a self-defense instruction was not warranted by the evidence, counsel was not ineffective for failing to object to a defective charge of self-defense
- defendant not entitled to self-defense instruction where he did not testify at trial and his pretrial statements to police were legally insufficient to make out defense
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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Hutchinson, Zappala, Papadakos
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12 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. FordSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-05-08· cited 887×
- Commonwealth v. HenkelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-04-11· cited 554×
- Commonwealth v. TilleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-07-18· cited 151×
- Commonwealth v. GroveSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-05-18· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. PelzerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-05-29· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. AlvinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-14· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. PorterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-02-08· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. ClingerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-09-29· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. ButlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-12-02· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. FrattarolaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-12· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-03-01· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-02-04· cited 4×
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 854×
- Commonwealth v. McKennaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 167×
- Commonwealth v. MyrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 144×
- Commonwealth v. BlackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-08-17· cited 120×
- Commonwealth v. CropperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. GastonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-07· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 29×
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