Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 11/17/1972
Commonwealth v. Wilson
Citations
- 449 Pa. 235
- 296 A.2d 719
- 1972 Pa. LEXIS 368
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding that there was insufficient evidence of conspiracy where the defendant spontaneously fought with the victim and where the defendant’s friends thereafter joined the fight without encouragement or invitation
- aider and abettor is responsible for criminal acts of another if he shares criminal intent of principal
- “[The] element of shared criminal intent must be found to be present to justify a finding that an accused was an accomplice.”
- defendant may only be convicted for acts of another if there is liability based upon shared criminal intent
- defendant may only be convicted for acts of another if there is liability based upon shared criminal intent
- aider and abettor is responsible for criminal acts of another if he shares criminal intent of principal
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Manderino
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44 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. FarquharsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 388×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-10-23· cited 140×
- Commonwealth v. WojdakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-10-18· cited 133×
- Goldblum v. KlemThird Circuit· 2007-11-30· cited 126×
- Commonwealth v. RouxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. TateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-05-01· cited 113×
- Commonwealth v. KennedySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-17· cited 93×
- Commonwealth v. FordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-06-10· cited 93×
- Commonwealth v. RifeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-11-26· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. CoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-17· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. FrenchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-07-11· cited 67×
- Marks v. Bell Tel. Co. of Penn.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-01-27· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. BradleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-04-27· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. BachertSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-19· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. DavenportSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-11-19· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. CarterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-12-07· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. RodgersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-11· cited 33×
- Moore v. Deputy Commissioner(S) Of Sci-HuntingdonThird Circuit· 1991-10-08· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. HornerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-03-17· cited 32×
Cites
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