231 Pa. Super. 30 - Commonwealth v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
2
states following
January 1983
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Johnson · Commonwealth v. Zaffina · Commonwealth v. Nash · Commonwealth v. Davis · 212 Pa. Super. 77 - Commonwealth v. Nahodil
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Section 1180-9 of the Act provides that `If a petition alleges facts that if proven would entitle the petitioner to relief, the court shall grant a hearing which may extend only to the issues raised in the petition or answer. However, the court may deny a hearing if the petitioner's claim is patently frivolous and is without a trace of support either in the record or from other evidence submitted by the petitioner.' (citations omitted) Our Court has interpreted § 1180-9 as requiring that `petitioners under the Act be given every conceivable legitimate benefit in the disposition of their claims for an evidentiary hearing.' (citation omitted) Further, when the issue involved is the effectiveness of counsel, a hearing must ordinarily be held to resolve the question. (citation omitted)" Commonwealth v. Johnson, 231 Pa.Super. 30, 33 , 331 A.2d 750, 751 (1974).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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