267 Pa. Super. 118 - Commonwealth v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
July 1983
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. Maroney · Commonwealth v. Dancer · Commonwealth v. Ingram · Commonwealth v. Fox · Commonwealth v. Mabie
Most-quoted passages
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“[0]ur inquiry ceases and counsel’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.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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