Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 4/25/1990
Commonwealth v. Williams
Citations
- 573 A.2d 536
- 524 Pa. 404
- 1990 Pa. LEXIS 101
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding it was reversible error to admit a prior conviction for resisting arrest because that offense does “not involve dishonesty or false statement”
- [A] witness may not be impeached on the basis of convictions for crimes not involving dishonesty or false statement.
- resisting arrest is not crimen falsi offense
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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy
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35 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. TravagliaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-06-23· cited 541×
- Commonwealth v. HairstonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-01-21· cited 352×
- Commonwealth v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-07-19· cited 271×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-11-22· cited 233×
- Commonwealth v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-09-17· cited 223×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-11-24· cited 207×
- Commonwealth v. StokesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-10-08· cited 162×
- Commonwealth v. GauseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-05-24· cited 158×
- Commonwealth v. MitchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-12-30· cited 138×
- Commonwealth v. MayhueSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-03-18· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. BuehlSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-05-16· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. BusanetSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-19· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. FoySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-16· cited 72×
- Commonwealth v. BrickerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-09-21· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. WoodSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-02-03· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. ImpellizzeriSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-06-12· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. FewellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-02-10· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. LeeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-01-30· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. ArdestaniSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-06-29· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-05-30· cited 28×
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 730×
- Commonwealth v. BighumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-07-02· cited 319×
- Commonwealth v. RandallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-07-09· cited 126×
- United States v. Jesus OrtizSecond Circuit· 1977-04-11· cited 109×
- Commonwealth v. ButlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1961-07-18· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. PennSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-01-26· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. StrongSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-07-26· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-02-29· cited 10×
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