Commonwealth v. Coyle

Decided October 14, 1964. Herbert B. Cohen wrote the opinion for the court.

415 Pa. 379 · Cited 166 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Commonwealth v. Raymond · 412 Pa. 194
• Commonwealth v. Heller · 369 Pa. 457
• Commonwealth v. Wable · 382 Pa. 80
• Commonwealth v. Strantz · 195 A. 75
• Commonwealth v. Lowry · 374 Pa. 594
• Commonwealth v. Edwards · 178 A. 20
• Commonwealth v. Luccitti · 145 A. 85
• Commonwealth v. Kravitz · 400 Pa. 198
• Commonwealth v. Gockley · 411 Pa. 437
• Commonwealth v. Simmons · 65 A.2d 353
• Commonwealth v. Homeyer · 373 Pa. 150
• Commonwealth v. Burns · 409 Pa. 619
• Commonwealth v. Kirkland · 413 Pa. 48
• Commonwealth v. Nelson · 396 Pa. 359
• Commonwealth v. Jordan · 407 Pa. 575
• Commonwealth v. Tyrrell · 405 Pa. 210
• Commonwealth v. Minoff · 69 A.2d 145
• Commonwealth v. Graham · 408 Pa. 155
• Commonwealth v. Weiss · 130 A. 403
• Commonwealth v. Morrison · 266 Pa. 223
• McClung v. State · 57 S.E.2d 559
• Commonwealth v. Updegrove · 413 Pa. 599
• Commonwealth v. Gooslin · 410 Pa. 285
• Commonwealth v. Dague · 152 A. 839
• Commonwealth v. John Jones · 50 A.2d 342

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• Commonwealth v. Brown · 52 A.3d 320
• Commonwealth v. Terry · 342 A.2d 92
• Commonwealth. v. Hoss · 445 Pa. 98
• Commonwealth v. Coyle · 427 Pa. 72
• Commonwealth v. Paddy · 800 A.2d 294
• Commonwealth v. Smith · 443 Pa. 151
• Commonwealth v. Patrick · 416 Pa. 437
• Commonwealth v. Collins · 440 Pa. 368
• Commonwealth v. Schwartz · 445 Pa. 515
• State v. Miranda · 401 P.2d 721
• Duncan v. State · 176 So. 2d 840
• Commonwealth v. Colson · 490 A.2d 811
• Commonwealth v. Davis · 421 A.2d 179
• Commonwealth v. Clark · 961 A.2d 80
• Commonwealth v. DeHart · 516 A.2d 656
• Commonwealth v. Rios · 684 A.2d 1025
• Commonwealth v. Roscioli · 454 Pa. 59
• Commonwealth v. Negri · 419 Pa. 117
• Commonwealth v. Boyle · 447 A.2d 250
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Stevens v. Myers · 419 Pa. 1
• Commonwealth v. McCloskey · 443 Pa. 117
• Commonwealth v. Whack · 393 A.2d 417
• Commonwealth v. Rife · 454 Pa. 506
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Butler v. Rundle · 416 Pa. 321
• Commonwealth v. Cheeks · 423 Pa. 67

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