Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/2/1998
Commonwealth v. Williams
Citations
- 720 A.2d 679
- 554 Pa. 1
- 1998 Pa. LEXIS 2161
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the trial court properly excluded evidence that other persons had a motive to kill the victims because, inter alia, such evidence was speculative
- conscience-shocking standard applicable to weight of evidence claims in criminal matter
- conscience-shocking standard applicable to weight of evidence claims in criminal matter
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Judges: Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman
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24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-02-09· cited 6,445×
- Commonwealth v. CarsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-12-27· cited 237×
- Commonwealth v. ElliottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-11-21· cited 165×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-07-21· cited 140×
- Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Williams, C.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-07-19· cited 134×
- Commonwealth v. SpotzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-10-20· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. DavalosSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-07-02· cited 84×
- Commonwealth v. IngramSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-20· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. BlackhamSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-09-27· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. OwensSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-07-17· cited 63×
- Bruckshaw v. Frankford Hospital of the PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-12-18· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. LopataSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-05-31· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-11-26· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-06-26· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. ScherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-08-20· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. RocheSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-08-27· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. OverbySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-10-24· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. OrtizSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-11-05· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. LawsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-08-21· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. O'NeilSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-01-20· cited 12×
Cites
25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court· 1985-06-11· cited 2,827×
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-09· cited 2,071×
- Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 730×
- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-30· cited 709×
- Commonwealth v. TravagliaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-06-23· cited 541×
- Lopez-Medina v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1991-10-07· cited 486×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-11-22· cited 233×
- Commonwealth v. ChesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-03-20· cited 227×
- Commonwealth v. BakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-17· cited 216×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-11-22· cited 204×
- Commonwealth v. GribbleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-11-20· cited 152×
- Commonwealth v. MitchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-09-30· cited 113×
- Commonwealth v. WalkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-03-23· cited 104×
- Commonwealth v. MayhueSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-03-18· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. LambertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-02-21· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. CrossSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-05· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. HughesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-03-25· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. ManigaultSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-11· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. BakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-06-23· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. JacobsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-03-28· cited 52×
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