Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 4/28/1978
Commonwealth v. Smith
Citations
- 385 A.2d 1320
- 478 Pa. 76
- 1978 Pa. LEXIS 619
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- failure of counsel to raise issue of prosecutorial misconduct arising from improper and prejudicial statements constituted ineffective assistance of counsel
- prosecutorial characterization of defendant as a “vicious desperate killer who would kill for a nickel in this struggle”
- new trial ordered where prosecutor referred to defendant as “vicious, desperate criminal who would kill for a nickel”
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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Larsen
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15 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. LaCavaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-09-19· cited 252×
- Commonwealth v. MusiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-06· cited 132×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-03· cited 119×
- Commonwealth v. RansomeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-06· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-08· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. GlassSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-06· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. Clancy, J., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-08-21· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. UngerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-10-31· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-05-30· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. DozierSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-20· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. BartonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-25· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. HensonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-09-07· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. LutzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-01-24· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. StantonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-09-07· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. MacBrideSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-03-15· cited 2×
Cites
15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-11-14· cited 1,351×
- Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 854×
- Commonwealth v. StoltzfusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-05-13· cited 382×
- Commonwealth v. SimonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-11-27· cited 160×
- Commonwealth v. LipscombSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-25· cited 122×
- Commonwealth v. GilmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 114×
- Commonwealth v. CroninSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 105×
- Commonwealth v. DickersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1962-01-02· cited 100×
- Commonwealth v. RussellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-07-01· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. McHUGHSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1958-11-14· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-11-26· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. NoleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-04-17· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. LarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-18· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-06-21· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. LearnSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-31· cited 23×
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