Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 3/18/1971
Commonwealth v. Smith
Citations
- 442 Pa. 265
- 275 A.2d 98
- 1971 Pa. LEXIS 1007
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- counsel ineffective for failing to move for a continuance to secure the attendance of an alibi witness whose identity he learned immediately before trial began
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33 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-12-30· cited 199×
- Commonwealth v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-10-20· cited 134×
- Commonwealth v. MabieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 129×
- Commonwealth v. OwensSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-11-26· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. ClaytonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-10-15· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-25· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. MorganSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-04-12· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. KittrellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-04-03· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. FordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-22· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-11-17· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. ChismSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-14· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. HowardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-17· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. BirdsongSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-11-09· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. DavisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-06-29· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. YarboughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-06-29· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. AdamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-05-09· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. DumontSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-11-23· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. GasiorowskiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-09-19· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. AndrewsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-18· cited 8×
Cites
6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-11-14· cited 1,351×
- United States of America Ex Rel. Alvin R. Drew v. David N. Myers, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Graterford, PennsylvaniaThird Circuit· 1964-02-24· cited 93×
- Commonwealth v. HicksSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1953-07-14· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. CramerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1950-11-14· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. BezekSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1895-05-30· cited 9×
- Commonwealth ex rel. Chapman v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-03-17· cited 4×
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