Commonwealth v. Tolbert

How courts have described this case

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

• holding acquittal of conspiracy charge did not preclude Commonwealth from pursuing a theory of accomplice liability on retrial
• defining voluntary manslaughter as the intentional killing of another without malice but in sudden heat of passion brought on by legal provocation
• “Voluntary manslaughter is the intentional killing of another without malice but in a sudden heat of passion brought on by legal provocation.”
• “[tjhird-degree murder is a killing done with malice that is neither intentional nor committed in the course of a felony”
• \[t]hird-degree murder is a killing done with malice that is neither intentional nor committed in the course of a felony\
• “Despite the similarities between conspiratorial culpability and accomplice liability, a jury verdict concluding that an individual - 11 - J-S04006-24 is not a conspirator does not require a concomitant conclusion that the same individual is not an accomplice.”

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Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Sullivan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-03-25· cited 235×
• Bond v. Beard
  Third Circuit· 2008-08-20· cited 207×
• Commonwealth v. Rolan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-12-23· cited 117×
• Commonwealth v. Marks
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-12-18· cited 61×
• Commonwealth v. Weimer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-08-17· cited 45×
• Commonwealth v. Patton
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-11-19· cited 38×
• Commonwealth v. Clinger
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-09-29· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Teagarden
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-05-23· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. Cleland
  Carbon County Court of Common Pleas· 2004-04-29