Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1/25/1980
Commonwealth v. Whitfield
Citations
- 419 A.2d 27
- 275 Pa. Super. 530
- 1980 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1967
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- finding a jury can be instructed not to assume guilt simply because of gang affiliation
- evidence of defendant’s gang membership was admissible to explain Commonwealth witness’s delay in reporting defendant’s crime
- not reasonable for jury to infer that defendant had committed other crimes
- a statute is invalid as ex post facto only if it makes criminal what was not criminal, aggravates the seriousness of a crime, increases a punishment, or changes the rules of evidence to a lesser standard of proof
- evidence of gang membership admissible to explain delay in reporting a crime
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Judges: Hoffman, Roberts, Lipez
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6 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. HutchinsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-08-28· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. PalmerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-06-24· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. PattersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-04-06· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. BrewingtonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-09-23· cited 25×
- Stargel v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-10-21· cited 4×
- State v. GibsonOhio Court of Appeals· 2016-11-17· cited 3×
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Dobbert v. FloridaSupreme Court· 1977-06-17· cited 1,651×
- Commonwealth v. ClairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 732×
- Commonwealth v. DiPasqualeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-10-03· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-10-08· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. RombergerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-07· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. WhitfieldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-07-08· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. RileySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-04-13· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. BlackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-11-26· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. AdamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-12-24· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. BrunoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-06· cited 4×
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