Commonwealth v. Terry

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting the contention that a violation of former Pa.R.Crim.P. 1114, renumbered Pa.R.Crim.P. 646, can be harmless error
• “Since [the defendant’s] only defense was his subjective mental condition we conclude the availability of a police edited statement emphasizing the criminal act and its conscious planning, but omitting [the defendant’s] arguably delusional statements, was prejudicial to him.”
• “Since [the defendant’s] only defense was his subjective mental condition we conclude the availability of a police edited statement emphasizing the criminal act and its conscious planning, but omitting [the defendant’s] arguably delusional statements, was prejudicial to him.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Travaglia
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-06-23· cited 541×
• Commonwealth v. Travaglia
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-09-29· cited 202×
• Commonwealth v. Terry
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-02-17· cited 103×
• Ronald Rompilla v. Martin Horn, Commissioner, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Martin Horn, Appellant/cross-Appellee
  Third Circuit· 2004-01-13· cited 96×
• Commonwealth v. Legg
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-04-03· cited 66×
• Commonwealth v. Garcia
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-07-13· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. Strong
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-11-25· cited 28×
• State v. Smith
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1998-01-14· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Townsend
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-02-08· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Young
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-01-25· cited 9×
• Terry v. Petsock
  Third Circuit· 1992-09-28
• Rompilla v. Horn
  Third Circuit· 2004-01-13
• Commonwealth v. Drayton, L., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-04-25

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Story
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 730×
• Commonwealth v. Walzack
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 135×
• Commonwealth v. Riggins
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-04-28· cited 102×
• Commonwealth v. Weinstein
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-10-26· cited 97×