Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/2/1981
Commonwealth v. Thornton
Citations
- 430 A.2d 1168
- 494 Pa. 164
- 1981 Pa. LEXIS 905
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- Jury could infer from defendant’s actual criminal use of knife that he possessed it with the intent to employ it criminally
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Judges: O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, Kauffman
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11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. BlairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-01-27· cited 461×
- Commonwealth v. RoseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 180×
- Commonwealth v. DavisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-22· cited 163×
- Commonwealth v. TateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-05-01· cited 113×
- Commonwealth v. HolmesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. CartagenaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. LondonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-05-13· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. WebsterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-03· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. HelmSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-05-01· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. AllenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-17· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. GarnettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 12×
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