Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/3/1975
Commonwealth v. Williams
Citations
- 344 A.2d 877
- 463 Pa. 370
- 1975 Pa. LEXIS 997
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “In any criminal prosecution, the Commonwealth has an un-shifting burden to prove beyond a reasonable doubt all elements of the crime.... (T)he defendant has no burden of persuasion.”
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Judges: Jones, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Eagen
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31 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. PressleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-11-29· cited 166×
- Commonwealth v. BartolomucciSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 106×
- Commonwealth v. TerrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-02-17· cited 103×
- Commonwealth v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-03· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. HilliardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 83×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-11-09· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. LesherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-06-03· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. CooleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-11-26· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. BraceySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-06-03· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. DarushSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-12· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-09-21· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. ReillySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-17· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. ErnstSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-12-01· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. MorganSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-04-12· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. RineerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-02-11· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. HillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-10-31· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. DuffySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-07-16· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. MoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-17· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. LenhartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-02-01· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. PalmerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 16×
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court· 1975-06-09· cited 3,396×
- Commonwealth v. ClairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 732×
- Commonwealth v. RoseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-07-01· cited 177×
- Commonwealth v. DemmittSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-07-01· cited 139×
- Commonwealth v. SisakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1969-11-28· cited 116×
- Commonwealth v. CropperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. ZlatovichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-10-09· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. VogelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-07-13· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. DillingerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-10-09· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. SimmsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-02-11· cited 17×
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