Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 4/18/1997
Commonwealth v. Washington
Citations
- 692 A.2d 1024
- 547 Pa. 563
- 1997 Pa. LEXIS 2882
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- invocation of imperfect self-defense is unavailing when the “facts are inconsistent with the conclusion that Appellant possessed a real, but mistaken, belief that his life was in imminent danger”
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Judges: Cappy, Castille, Consideration, Flaherty, Former, Newman, Nigro, Nix, Zappala
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16 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. RiveraSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-11-30· cited 292×
- Commonwealth v. ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-12-17· cited 154×
- Commonwealth v. Son TruongSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-01-13· cited 143×
- Commonwealth v. BridgesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-08-24· cited 133×
- Commonwealth v. WalkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-11-30· cited 84×
- Commonwealth v. HallSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-11-28· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. HarveySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-20· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. SepulvedaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-08-19· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. BruceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-08-26· cited 33×
- Com. v. McIntyre, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-03-25· cited 16×
- Com. v. Saylor, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-01-18· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. PersianoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-01-20· cited 8×
- Com. v. McIntyre, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-03-10· cited 2×
- Com. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-04-18
- Commonwealth v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-07-28
- Rogers, G. v. Thomas, L.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-03-02
Cites
25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-30· cited 709×
- Commonwealth v. FreySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-13· cited 262×
- Commonwealth v. LaCavaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-09-19· cited 252×
- Commonwealth v. DavenportSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-03-16· cited 232×
- Pioneer Finishing Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court· 1983-08-23· cited 229×
- Commonwealth v. BillaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-06· cited 186×
- Cox v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1984-10-29· cited 180×
- Commonwealth v. HowardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-08-08· cited 157×
- Commonwealth v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-02-27· cited 120×
- Commonwealth v. YoungSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-05· cited 105×
- Commonwealth v. CarterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-09-22· cited 97×
- Commonwealth v. BondSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-01-12· cited 96×
- Commonwealth v. BeasleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-06-28· cited 96×
- Commonwealth v. DuncanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-05-20· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. BrowdieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-02-20· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. MurphySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-04-18· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. MichaelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-04-17· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. ReidSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-05-27· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-06-20· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-10-18· cited 47×
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