Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 6/6/2003
Commonwealth v. Watkins
Citations
- 843 A.2d 1203
- 577 Pa. 194
- 2003 Pa. LEXIS 969
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- observing that “[a] jury is assumed to have followed the cautionary instruction given.”
- stating a jury “is assumed to have followed” a cautionary instruction, and such an instruction “is presumed to be sufficient to cure any prejudice”
- trier of fact, while passing upon credibility of witnesses and evidence, is free to believe all, part, or none of evidence
- trier of fact, while passing upon credibility of witnesses and evidence, is free to believe all, part, or none of evidence
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Judges: Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor, Eakin, Former
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28 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. SherwoodSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-11-06· cited 442×
- Commonwealth v. ChmielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-12-29· cited 431×
- Commonwealth v. BriggsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-01-19· cited 417×
- Commonwealth v. RegaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-10-17· cited 337×
- Commonwealth v. RatsamySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-11-20· cited 275×
- Commonwealth v. CousarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-08-21· cited 274×
- Commonwealth v. PaganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-06-17· cited 225×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-12-30· cited 199×
- Commonwealth v. MarkmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-02-21· cited 189×
- Commonwealth v. MitchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-07-19· cited 186×
- Commonwealth v. LairdSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-02-16· cited 170×
- Commonwealth v. StokesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-10-08· cited 162×
- Commonwealth v. Hicks, C., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-03-28· cited 119×
- Commonwealth v. WatkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-29· cited 106×
- Commonwealth v. BryantSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-11-26· cited 104×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-11-19· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. HicksSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-11-18· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. KennedySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-11-20· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. ChineSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-02-13· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. GaulSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-12-27· cited 63×
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