Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/5/1978
Commonwealth v. Wilcox
Citations
- 392 A.2d 1294
- 481 Pa. 284
- 1978 Pa. LEXIS 1010
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- two witnesses positively identified appellant; a third said he was not the killer; held, evidence sufficient to sustain guilty verdict
- spontaneous identification of defendant while in custody of police in police station not improper when incident was accidental and not contrived
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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Larsen
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13 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-21· cited 416×
- Commonwealth v. JaynesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-03-01· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. ClarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-07-05· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. HendersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-12-24· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. McCulloughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-01· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. ButlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-07-03· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. HurdSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-12· cited 29×
- Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1983-08-02· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. CullenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-03-15· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. LaurensonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-16· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. KeatonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-03-28· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-12-07· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. DohnerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-02-19· cited 5×
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 8,442×
- Commonwealth v. KichlineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 312×
- Commonwealth v. RoseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 180×
- Commonwealth v. ShoatzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-11-24· cited 123×
- Commonwealth v. ColemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-04-22· cited 68×
- Commonwealth v. PittsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. SanabriaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-04-20· cited 29×
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