241 Pa. Super. 484 - Commonwealth v. Glasco’s Empirical Analysis

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18 state decisions

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

1. ““[C]ounsel’s assistance is deemed constitutionally effective once we are able to conclude that the particular course chosen by counsel had some reasonable basis designed to effectuate his client’s interests. The test is not whether other alternatives were more reasonable, employing a hindsight evaluation of the record. Although weigh the alternatives we must, the balance tips in favor of a finding of effective assistance as soon as it is determined that trial counsel’s decisions had any reasonable basis.” (Footnote omitted.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 250 Pa. Super. 17 - Commonwealth v. Nero

2. “[w]here an appellant is represented by different post-trial counsel, and said appellant either fails to take a direct appeal or fails to raise his claims of trial counsel’s ineffectiveness on direct appeal, such a failure will constitute a waiver of these issues as to post-conviction proceedings, excepting only those claims which fit under one or more of the four categories listed in Dancer * **§Commonwealth v. Glasco, 241 Pa.Super. 484, 497 , 362 A.2d 420, 427 (1976).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 292 Pa. Super. 192 - Commonwealth v. Harper