Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 5/28/1953
Commonwealth v. Smith
Citations
- 374 Pa. 220
- 97 A.2d 25
- 1953 Pa. LEXIS 388
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- officer’s testimony identifying elements of confession did not violate best evidence rule and entire written confession was entered into evidence at any rate
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Judges: Stern, Stearns, Jones, Chidsey, Musmanno, Arnold
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24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. KloiberSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1954-06-28· cited 530×
- Commonwealth v. PetrakovichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-12-05· cited 145×
- Commonwealth v. NovakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-03-16· cited 145×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-11-27· cited 128×
- Commonwealth v. SisakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1969-11-28· cited 116×
- Commonwealth v. GreenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-05-08· cited 95×
- Commonwealth v. ButlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1961-07-18· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. JenningsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-01-07· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. ClantonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-05-08· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. BallemSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1956-06-25· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. ToneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-07-02· cited 49×
- Geschwendt v. RyanThird Circuit· 1992-06-18· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. GrahamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1962-06-28· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. BibaloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1953-11-09· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. ButlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-01-26· cited 32×
- United States v. AnthonyM.D. Pennsylvania· 1956-09-14· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. McCoySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1960-06-29· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-06· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. TownsendSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-02-08· cited 15×
- C.F. v. Pennsylvania Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-08-14· cited 15×
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Haley v. OhioSupreme Court· 1948-01-19· cited 1,069×
- Watts v. IndianaSupreme Court· 1949-06-27· cited 831×
- Turner v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court· 1949-08-04· cited 277×
- Commonwealth v. SparduteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1923-06-23· cited 112×
- Commonwealth v. HellerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1952-03-24· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. BryantSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1951-03-21· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. ZietzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1950-03-20· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. HallowellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1909-03-01· cited 6×
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