2013 Pa. Super. 243 - Commonwealth v. Hernandez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] judgment [of sentence] becomes final at the conclusion of direct review, including discretionary review in the Supreme Court of the United States and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, or at the expiration of time for seeking the review.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2016 Pa. Super. 148 - Commonwealth v. Brown · Commonwealth v. Graves

2. “(i) the failure to raise the claim previously was the result of interference by government officials with the presentation of the claim in violation of the Constitution or laws of this Commonwealth or the Constitution or laws of the United States; (ii) the facts upon which the claim is predicated were unknown to the petitioner and could not have been ascertained by the exercise of due diligence; or (iii) the right asserted is a constitutional right that was recognized by the Supreme Court of the United States or the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania after the time period provided in this section and has been held by that court to apply retroactively.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Graves · 2016 Pa. Super. 73 - Commonwealth v. Brown

3. “is mandatory and jurisdictional in nature, and the court may not ignore it in order to reach the merits of the petition.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2016 Pa. Super. 73 - Commonwealth v. Brown