2001 Pa. Super. 263 - Commonwealth v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
December 2010
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cuyler v. Sullivan · MacArthur Co. v. Johns-Manville Corp. · Thompson v. Louisiana · In re the Primary Election of May 21, 1991 · Kremer v. Grant
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is ultimately to be made by the accused after full consultation with counsel. In order to support a claim that counsel was ineffective for “failing to call the appellant to the stand,” [the appellant] must demonstrate either that (1) counsel interfered with his client’s freedom to testify, or (2) counsel gave specific advice so unreasonable as to vitiate a knowing and intelligent decision by the client not to testify in his own behalf.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“We must presume that the trial judge, sitting as factfinder, would ignore any potentially prejudicial information and remain objective in weighing the evidence in order to render a true verdict.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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