2011 Pa. Super. 103 - Commonwealth v. Ousley’s Empirical Analysis

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15 state decisions

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

1. “is limited to examining whether the PCRA court's determination is supported by the evidence of record and whether it is free of legal error.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Ligon · Commonwealth v. Sandusky

2. “[T]he evidence does not support [the appellant’s] contention that there was a single act that formed the basis for these charges, that is, a single blow to the head. The record reflects that the victim was struck in the head with a firearm being carried by [the appellant] that resulted in a bleeding head wound. This was clearly an attempt to cause serious bodily injury. In addition, the evidence reflects that [the appellant], while brandishing the firearm and after striking her on the head, forced her into an office, demanded to know where the company safe was and threatened to shoot her if she did not tell him the truth. This was not a single act that formed the basis for both charges.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2014 Pa. Super. 148 - Commonwealth v. Jenkins

3. “[C]ounsel is presumed to be effective and the burden of demonstrating ineffectiveness rests on appellant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Ligon