2005 Pa. Super. 142 - Commonwealth v. Young’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Anthony · Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Kaloustian · Commonwealth v. McCutchen · Commonwealth v. Starr · Commonwealth v. Williams
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.
“Although appellant has claimed his innocence in his motion, we find that his confession to the murder bars him from asserting a claim of actual innocence for the offense for which he was convicted. While a confession, in and of itself, generally would not bar such a request, an appellant cannot assert a claim of actual innocence where, as here, the validity of the confession has been finally litigated, found not to be coerced, and was knowingly and voluntarily given.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“No evidence can be found to suggest that appellant was subjected to physical or psychological abuse, nor were any threats or promises utilized to induce his inculpatory statement. Thus appellant’s confession, when studied in the light of the [Commonwealth v. ]Christmas[, 502 Pa. 218 , 465 A.2d 989 (1983)] standard, does not appear to have been an egregious violation of his rights. We conclude that the confession was voluntarily made.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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