Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 4/4/1985
Commonwealth v. White
Citations
- 491 A.2d 252
- 341 Pa. Super. 261
- 1985 Pa. Super. LEXIS 6925
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- crimes of rape and incest do not merge because they have different elements that do not necessarily involve the other, are contained in different sections of the crimes code, and protect different social interests
- crimes of rape and incest do not merge because they have different elements that do not necessarily involve the other, are contained in different sections of the crimes code, and protect different social interests
- single act supported separate punishments for rape and incest
- single act supported separate punishments for rape and incest
- analysis of different harms done by incest and rape
- analysis of different harms done by incest and rape
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Judges: Cirillo, Tamilia, Montgomery
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33 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. RhodesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-06-06· cited 230×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-02-22· cited 161×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-07-19· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. McClendonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-04-08· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. PoindexterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-08-25· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. MobleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-10-31· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. KearneySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-13· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. FriesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-02-09· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. WestcottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-02-19· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. MinottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-07-18· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. WalkerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-09-29· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-05-27· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. WidmerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-10-02· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-07-30· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. LottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-10-12· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. MartirSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-05-13· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. CatanchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-10-18· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. WrightSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-12-24· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. CleverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-07-03· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. OusleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-04-18· cited 23×
Cites
41 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1931-12-11· cited 10,676×
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 7,763×
- United States v. WilsonSupreme Court· 1975-02-25· cited 1,334×
- Illinois v. VitaleSupreme Court· 1980-06-19· cited 1,215×
- Commonwealth v. RigginsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-08-17· cited 471×
- People v. RobideauMichigan Supreme Court· 1984-09-18· cited 408×
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Moszczynski v. AsheSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1941-09-29· cited 179×
- Commonwealth v. WalkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 170×
- Commonwealth v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-01-20· cited 164×
- Commonwealth v. TarverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-02-04· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. NorrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-01· cited 126×
- Commonwealth v. PronkoskieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-05-26· cited 118×
- Commonwealth v. TateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-05-01· cited 113×
- Commonwealth v. GreenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-02· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. FortuneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-10-08· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. PalmerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-06-24· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. FlynnSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-05-20· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. FranklinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-18· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. McCUSKERSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1950-01-03· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. ScarboroughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-29· cited 30×
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