232 Pa. Super. 339 - Commonwealth v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
states following
December 1982
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Boykin v. Alabama · Mapp v. Ohio · Linkletter v. Walker · Commonwealth v. Futch · Commonwealth v. Williams
Most-quoted passages
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“The second situation is where the appellate decision is filed after the conviction but before the conviction has become final, i.e., either the time for taking an appeal from the conviction has not expired, or an appeal has been taken but has not yet been decided. In this situation a true question of retroactivity is not presented, and in reviewing the conviction the court may apply the new rule announced by the appellate decision.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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