1999 Pa. Super. 291 - Commonwealth v. Knighten’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
May 2013
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 379 Pa. Super. 390 - Commonwealth v. Finley · Commonwealth v. Lantzy · Commonwealth v. Williams · Commonwealth v. Wallace · 433 Pa. Super. 111 - Commonwealth v. Quinlan
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]f there is no intervening substitution of counsel, there is no waiver of claims of ineffective assistance of counsel by virtue of the failure to raise them on direct appeal.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.