2003 Pa. Super. 367 - Commonwealth v. Allen’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 state decisions

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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is clear that a criminal defendant’s right to effective counsel extends to the plea process, as well as during trial. However, “[a]llegations of ineffectiveness in connection with the entry of a guilty plea will serve as a basis for relief only if the ineffectiveness caused the defendant to enter an involuntary or unknowing plea. Where the defendant enters his plea on the advice of counsel, the voluntariness of the plea depends on whether counsel’s advice was within the range of competence demanded of attorneys in criminal cases.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2012 Pa. Super. 54 - Commonwealth v. Wah

2. “Appellant left the bar where he had spent the evening drinking and began driving his car on Lewisberry Road in York County. At one point, Appellant drove off the roadway and struck Robbie Maples, a 15-year-old pedestrian. Upon impact, Robbie’s leg was severed and his body was impaled on Appellant’s windshield. Appellant continued to drive his automobile for approximately 2miles until the victim’s body rolled off of the windshield near the intersection of Old York Road. However, Appellant did not stop to render aid at that time.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2004 Pa. Super. 343 - Commonwealth v. McHale