311 Pa. Super. 413 - Commonwealth v. Thirkield’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
October 1985
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Corace v. BALINT (Et Al.) · Commonwealth v. Stafford · Jones v. Commonwealth · Petraglia v. American Motorists Insurance Company · Merrick Estate
Most-quoted passages
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“2. We decline to adopt the reasoning of Judge Spaeth in Commonwealth v. Loar, 264 Pa.Super. 398 , 399 A.2d 1110 (1979), that prior inconsistent statements may be used as substantive evidence. Such has never been and is not now the law in this Commonwealth.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Pickron v. Jacobs
How this case has been treated — in progress
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