Commonwealth v. Sparks

How courts have described this case

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

• demeanor is a relevant factor that the jury may consider in assessing a witness’s credibility
• demeanor is a relevant factor that the jury may consider in assessing a witness's credibility
• “[exhibits] which were released [to the jury during deliberations] were relevant, admitted into evidence, and requested by the jury. As such, the possibility that the court’s decision would prejudice appellant was at best minimal.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Barnett
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-07-31· cited 74×
• Commonwealth v. Fromal
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-03-22· cited 68×
• Commonwealth v. Akers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-03-30· cited 52×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-19· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. Fox
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-01-14· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-02-24· cited 40×
• Commonwealth v. Delligatti
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-02-11· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Riggins
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-05-24· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Klinger
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-12-01· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Gainer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-08-28· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Riffert
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-09-02· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Foster
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-04-20· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-11-18· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Hernandez
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-04-29· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Gaynor
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-07-16· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. Smidl
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-06-27· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Graham
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-10· cited 2×
• Arnold v. Zangrilli
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-10-10
• Commonwealth v. McFarland
  Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas· 1991-04-01

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Quercia v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1933-05-29· cited 943×
• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-04-30· cited 97×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-07-19· cited 85×
• Commonwealth v. Beasley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-18· cited 85×
• Commonwealth v. Sudler
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-10-14· cited 80×
• Commonwealth v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-06-22· cited 72×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Shaddock v. Ashe
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1941-01-06· cited 53×
• Commonwealth v. Eberts
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-11-26· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Merbah
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-09-28· cited 40×
• Commonwealth v. Bullock
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-27· cited 31×
• Commonwealth v. Ayala
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-01-30· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Richardson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-02-27· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Artis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-01-08· cited 21×
• Commonwealth v. Kozrad
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-10-25· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Martin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-11-19· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Jackson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-19· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Carey
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-15· cited 10×