Commonwealth v. Witherspoon

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining the difference in the rule used for cases involving deadly force and the rule used for cases not involving deadly force
• in mere battery cases, \force may be met with force so long as it is only force enough to repel the attack\
• “This case involves a mere battery, and in such cases, force may be met with force so long as it is only force enough to repel the attack.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Moorehead v. Civil Service Commission
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-03-14· cited 19×
• Gorman v. Bail
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2013-05-23· cited 9×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-12-11· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. Cutts
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-05· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Pollino
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-01· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Dinkins
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-12-07· cited 6×