Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 5/20/1996
Commonwealth v. Speight
Citations
- 677 A.2d 317
- 544 Pa. 451
- 1996 Pa. LEXIS 1024
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that heat of passion instruction was inconsistent with defendant’s claim that he did not kill the victims
- where defendant presented no evidence that he was acting under heat of passion or killing was result of serious provocation, case cannot support verdict of heat of passion voluntary manslaughter
- did decision by trial counsel have “some reasonable basis designed to effectuate … client’s interests, and if so … inquiry ends”
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Judges: Nix, Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille
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37 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. Mason, L., ApltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-12-29· cited 619×
- Commonwealth v. BusanetSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-10-19· cited 369×
- Commonwealth v. FreemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-05-30· cited 307×
- Commonwealth v. YarrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-05-21· cited 284×
- Commonwealth v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-10-14· cited 270×
- Commonwealth v. BraceySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-31· cited 246×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-11-24· cited 207×
- Commonwealth v. MontalvoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-12-28· cited 168×
- Commonwealth v. FletcherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-03-24· cited 144×
- Commonwealth v. EinhornSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-11-14· cited 136×
- Commonwealth v. CountermanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-10-26· cited 134×
- Commonwealth v. BridgesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-08-24· cited 133×
- Commonwealth v. MooreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-12-28· cited 131×
- Commonwealth v. KingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-12-02· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. LaichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-08-17· cited 107×
- Commonwealth v. GibsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-01-22· cited 106×
- Commonwealth v. PuksarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-11-01· cited 98×
- Commonwealth v. WhitneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-02-26· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. HenrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-12-23· cited 93×
- Commonwealth v. StevensSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-10-27· cited 92×
Cites
32 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-09· cited 2,071×
- Simmons v. South CarolinaSupreme Court· 1994-06-17· cited 1,326×
- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-30· cited 709×
- Commonwealth v. FreySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-13· cited 262×
- Commonwealth v. PeterkinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-07-25· cited 215×
- Commonwealth v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-02· cited 207×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-04-21· cited 199×
- Commonwealth v. EdmistonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-10· cited 196×
- Cox v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1984-10-29· cited 180×
- Mead Data Central, Inc. v. West Publishing Co.Supreme Court· 1987-01-27· cited 170×
- Commonwealth v. CrewsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-04-21· cited 125×
- Commonwealth v. ChristySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-04-05· cited 123×
- Commonwealth v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-09-25· cited 116×
- Commonwealth v. MitchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-09-30· cited 113×
- Commonwealth v. WalkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-03-23· cited 104×
- Commonwealth v. SamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-12-08· cited 99×
- Commonwealth v. StokesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-10-06· cited 99×
- Commonwealth v. BasemoreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-11-16· cited 91×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-05-22· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. BrowdieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-02-20· cited 82×
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