Commonwealth v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming the denial of DNA testing on a murder victim’s fingernails where there was no evidence in the record that the victim scratched her assailant
• no DNA testing justified if, after a review of the trial record, there is no reasonable possibility that the testing would demonstrate actual innocence
• applicant not entitled to DNA testing 5In Commonwealth v. Conway, 14 A.3d 101 (Pa. Super. 2011
• applicant not entitled to DNA testing 5 In Commonwealth v. Conway, 14 A.3d 101 (Pa. Super. 2011
• applicant not entitled to DNA testing on material under victim’s fingernails where no evidentiary basis existed on which to infer assailant deposited DNA there during attack
• “The absence of [the] appellant’s DNA [in or on the evidence to be subjected to testing] cannot be meaningful and cannot establish his actual innocence of the murder.”

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Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Conway
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-01-11· cited 253×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-12-23· cited 245×
• Commonwealth v. Walsh
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-10-23· cited 64×
• In Re: Payne, J., III Appeal of: Com. of Pa
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-12-29· cited 57×
• State v. Johnson
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2007-10-10· cited 5×
• Com. v. Tyler, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-06-22· cited 2×
• Com. v. Robinson, K.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-09-04· cited 2×
• Com. v. Murchison, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-02-28· cited 1×
• Rudolph Powers v. State of Tennessee
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2010-02-18
• Sedley Alley v. State of Tennessee
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2006-06-22
• Commonwealth v. Hadjar
  Delaware County Court of Common Pleas· 2006-06-14
• Com. v. Murchison, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-05-10
• Commonwealth v. Murchison, D., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-12-17

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Heilman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-01-18· cited 140×
• Sternlicht v. Sternlicht
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-06-20· cited 95×
• Commonwealth v. Clayton
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-31· cited 92×
• Commonwealth v. Kennedy
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-06-21· cited 77×
• Commonwealth v. Brooks
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-05-20· cited 58×
• Com. v. Hess
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-05-11· cited 13×