2011 Pa. Super. 208 - Commonwealth v. Widgins’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
December 2021
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Anders v. California · Pennsylvania v. Finley · Commonwealth v. Turner · 379 Pa. Super. 390 - Commonwealth v. Finley · Commonwealth v. Johnson
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) 'A no-merit’ letter by PC[R]A counsel detailing the nature and extent of his review; 2)The 'no-merit' letter by PC[R]A counsel listing each issue the petitioner wished to have reviewed; 3) The PC[R]A counsel’s 'explanation', in the ‘no-merit’ letter, of why the petitioner’s issues were meritless; 4) The PC[R]A court conducting its own independent review of the record; and 5) The PC[R]A court agreeing with counsel that the petition was meritless.””
1 later decision 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.