Commonwealth v. Novak

Decided March 16, 1959. John C. Bell Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

395 Pa. 199 · Cited 145 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. Patskin · 375 Pa. 368
• Commonwealth v. Moon · 383 Pa. 18
• Commonwealth v. Simmons · 65 A.2d 353
• Commonwealth v. Malone · 47 A.2d 445
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. McGlinn v. Smith · 24 A.2d 1
• Commonwealth v. Neill · 67 A.2d 276
• Commonwealth v. Heller · 369 Pa. 457
• Commonwealth v. Ballem · 386 Pa. 20
• Commonwealth v. Gibbs · 366 Pa. 182
• Commonwealth v. Scovern · 140 A. 611
• Commonwealth v. Bibalo · 375 Pa. 257
• Commonwealth v. Smith · 374 Pa. 220
• Commonwealth v. Thompson · 367 Pa. 102
• Commonwealth v. Moon · 389 Pa. 304
• Commonwealth v. Sydlosky · 158 A. 154
• Commonwealth v. Cilione · 142 A. 216
• Commonwealth v. Homeyer · 373 Pa. 150
• Commonwealth v. Iacobino · 178 A. 823
• Commonwealth v. Ragone · 176 A. 454

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• Commonwealth v. Woodhouse · 401 Pa. 242
• Commonwealth v. Ahearn · 421 Pa. 311
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Brooks, W. · 104 A.3d 466
• Commonwealth v. Antidormi · 84 A.3d 736
• State v. Banks · 564 S.W.2d 947
• Commonwealth v. Radecki · 180 A.3d 441
• Martin v. State · 475 S.W.2d 265
• Commonwealth v. McCusker · 448 Pa. 382
• Commonwealth v. Walzack · 360 A.2d 914
• Commonwealth v. Sparrow · 370 A.2d 712
• Commonwealth v. Ulatoski · 371 A.2d 186
• Tezeno v. State · 484 S.W.2d 374
• Commonwealth v. Powell · 428 Pa. 275
• Commonwealth v. Dickerson · 406 Pa. 102
• Commonwealth v. Ford · 451 Pa. 81
• Commonwealth v. McAleer · 748 A.2d 670
• State v. Cutshall · 180 S.E.2d 745
• Commonwealth v. Yost · 386 A.2d 956
• Commonwealth v. Prysock · 972 A.2d 539
• Commonwealth v. Vogel · 440 Pa. 1
• Commonwealth v. Tyrrell · 405 Pa. 210

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