Commonwealth v. Kravitz

Decided April 18, 1960. Michael A. Musmanno wrote the opinion for the court.

400 Pa. 198 · Cited 174 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. Homeyer · 373 Pa. 150
• Commonwealth v. Patskin · 372 Pa. 402
• Commonwealth v. Wentzel · 61 A.2d 309
• Commonwealth v. Sauders · 390 Pa. 379
• Commonwealth v. Bolish · 381 Pa. 500
• Commonwealth v. Boden · 399 Pa. 298
• Commonwealth v. Kloiber · 378 Pa. 412
• Commonwealth v. Libonati · 31 A.2d 95
• Commonwealth v. Lowry · 374 Pa. 594
• Commonwealth v. Malone · 47 A.2d 445
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Garison v. Burke · 378 Pa. 344
• Commonwealth v. Bishop · 131 A. 657
• Commonwealth v. Blanchard · 26 A.2d 303
• Commonwealth v. Novak · 395 Pa. 199
• Commonwealth v. Musto · 35 A.2d 307
• Commonwealth v. Karmendi · 195 A. 62
• Commonwealth v. Carey · 368 Pa. 157
• Commonwealth v. Turza · 16 A.2d 401
• Commonwealth v. Gardner · 128 A. 87
• Commonwealth v. Nasuti · 385 Pa. 436
• Commonwealth v. Bausewine · 46 A.2d 491
• Commonwealth v. Lettrich · 31 A.2d 155
• Commonwealth v. Giacobbe · 19 A.2d 71
• Friedman v. Ralph Brothers, Inc. · 171 A. 900
• Commonwealth v. LaRue · 381 Pa. 113

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• Commonwealth v. Blevins · 453 Pa. 481
• Commonwealth v. Albrecht · 511 A.2d 764
• Commonwealth v. Jermyn · 533 A.2d 74
• Commonwealth v. Kirkland · 413 Pa. 48
• Commonwealth v. Williams · 455 Pa. 539
• Commonwealth v. Hamilton · 329 A.2d 212
• Commonwealth v. Culbreath · 439 Pa. 21
• Commonwealth v. Lewis · 372 A.2d 399
• In Re Kravitz · 504 F. Supp. 43
• Commonwealth v. Sullivan · 371 A.2d 468
• Commonwealth v. Ulatoski · 371 A.2d 186
• Commonwealth v. Dickerson · 406 Pa. 102
• Commonwealth v. Henry · 706 A.2d 313
• Commonwealth v. Philistin · 53 A.3d 1
• Commonwealth v. Frazier · 411 Pa. 195
• Commonwealth v. Boykin · 450 Pa. 25
• Commonwealth v. Holland · 389 A.2d 1026
• Commonwealth v. Hart · 403 Pa. 652
• Commonwealth v. Fant · 391 A.2d 1040
• Commonwealth v. Hubbard · 372 A.2d 687
• Commonwealth v. O'SEARO · 352 A.2d 30

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