2017 Pa. Super. 14 - Commonwealth v. Rivera’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
July 2022
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Roe, Warden v. Flores-Ortega · Alleyne v. United States · Commonwealth v. Turner · 379 Pa. Super. 390 - Commonwealth v. Finley · Commonwealth v. Lantzy
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.
“[C]ounsel failed to provide Rivera with all the relevant information he needed to determine whether to file a direct appeal. ... Counsel's belief that an appeal would likely be unsuccessful is not the determinative factor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Commonwealth v. Root
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.