Commonwealth v. Benjamin’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
January 1980
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. Maroney · Commonwealth v. Johnson · Commonwealth v. Davis · Commonwealth v. MacEk · 212 Pa. Super. 437 - Commonwealth v. Rush
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Ordinarily, in the absence of clear and irrefutable on the record proof that counsel was ineffective, we will not decide an ineffective assistance of counsel claim on direct appeal. Rather, we will wait until an evi-dentiary hearing has given the Commonwealth an opportunity to show that the representation was effective . . . .””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.