Commonwealth v. Patrick

Decided January 19, 1965. John C. Bell Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

416 Pa. 437 · Cited 104 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. Johnson · 59 A.2d 128
• Commonwealth v. Martin · 379 Pa. 587
• Commonwealth v. Coyle · 415 Pa. 379
• Commonwealth v. Kloiber · 378 Pa. 412
• Commonwealth v. Kravitz · 400 Pa. 198
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Maisenhelder v. Rundle · 414 Pa. 11
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Butler v. Rundle · 416 Pa. 321
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Spencer v. Ashe · 364 Pa. 442
• Commonwealth v. Agoston · 364 Pa. 464
• Friedman v. Ralph Brothers, Inc. · 171 A. 900
• Commonwealth v. Scovern · 140 A. 611
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Linde v. Maroney · 416 Pa. 331
• Commonwealth v. Greevy · 271 Pa. 95
• Commonwealth v. Graham · 408 Pa. 155
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Gaito v. Maroney · 416 Pa. 199
• Commonwealth ex rel. Bolish v. Banmiller · 396 Pa. 129
• Commonwealth ex rel. Carey v. Montgomery County Prison Keeper · 370 Pa. 604
• Commonwealth v. Valotta · 279 Pa. 84
• Redmond v. Pittsburgh Railways Co. · 198 A. 71
• Commonwealth v. Curry · 148 A. 508
• Ashe v. United States Ex Rel. Valotta · 270 U.S. 424
• United States v. Levine · 127 F. Supp. 651
• United States v. Blanton · 77 F. Supp. 812
• Bryant v. United States · 173 F. Supp. 574

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• Commonwealth v. Taper · 434 Pa. 71
• Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamal · 720 A.2d 79
• Commonwealth v. Patrick · 424 Pa. 380
• Commonwealth v. Chester · 587 A.2d 1367
• Commonwealth v. Morris · 425 A.2d 715
• Commonwealth v. Peterson · 453 Pa. 187
• United States v. Narciso · 446 F. Supp. 252
• Commonwealth v. Negri · 419 Pa. 117
• State v. Coleman · 214 A.2d 393
• Commonwealth v. Fisher · 681 A.2d 130
• Commonwealth v. Jermyn · 533 A.2d 74
• Commonwealth v. Cheeks · 423 Pa. 67
• Commonwealth v. Sero · 387 A.2d 63
• Commonwealth v. Moore · 344 A.2d 850
• Commonwealth v. Tolassi · 413 A.2d 1003
• Lokos v. State · 179 So. 2d 714
• Commonwealth v. Peterman · 430 Pa. 627
• Commonwealth v. Tarver · 357 A.2d 539
• Commonwealth v. Jackson · 457 Pa. 237
• Commonwealth v. Middleton · 467 A.2d 841
• Pittsburgh National Bank v. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York · 425 A.2d 383
• State v. Mendes · 210 A.2d 50
• State v. Hines · 145 S.E.2d 363
• Commonwealth v. Schmidt · 423 Pa. 432
• Commonwealth ex rel. Sanders v. Maroney · 417 Pa. 380

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