Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/1/1989
Commonwealth v. Weaver
Citations
- 568 A.2d 1252
- 390 Pa. Super. 434
- 1989 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3516
How courts have described this case
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- defendant and victim were both black; this Court found that a prima facie case of discrimination was established
- prosecutor’s use of 5 of 8 peremptory challenges to remove all potential black jurors resulting in an all white jury established prima facie case of discrimination
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Judges: Grillo, Rowley, Montemuro, Cirillo
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7 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. PhillipsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-07· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. GarrettSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-01-23· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. SternSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-05-01· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. SmulskySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-26· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. UlenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-04-30· cited 9×
- Miller v. McMannD. New Jersey· 2000-03-17· cited 7×
- Cooper v. FrankoPhiladelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 1996-01-29
Cites
23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court· 1989-04-17· cited 6,602×
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court· 1976-06-07· cited 3,450×
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court· 1965-03-08· cited 3,183×
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-09· cited 2,071×
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-11-14· cited 1,351×
- Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court· 1880-03-18· cited 1,327×
- Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 854×
- Lewis v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1892-12-05· cited 760×
- United States v. Daniel Chalan, Jr.Tenth Circuit· 1987-03-03· cited 281×
- Commonwealth v. BradySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-03-26· cited 180×
- Commonwealth v. Abu-JamalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-06· cited 159×
- Commonwealth v. OhleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-14· cited 157×
- Commonwealth v. FloydSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-11-20· cited 110×
- Commonwealth v. DunbarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-19· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. GarvinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-11-23· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. McKendrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-08-18· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. JacksonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-07-12· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. LongSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-10-15· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. McMillanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-06-24· cited 25×
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