285 Pa. Super. 295 - Commonwealth v. Jennings’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
45 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. Maroney · Commonwealth v. Hubbard · Consolidated Edison Co. of New York v. United States · Commonwealth v. Dancer
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Court must first determine whether the issue underlying the charge of ineffectiveness is of arguable merit. Commonwealth v. Sherard, 483 Pa. 183 , 394 A.2d 971 (1978). If the underlying issue is found to be of arguable merit, our inquiry shifts to a determination of whether the course chosen by counsel had some reasonable basis aimed at promoting his client’s interests. Commonwealth v. Evans, 489 Pa. 85, 91 , 413 A.2d 1025, 1028 (1980); Commonwealth v. Sherard, supra.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“... a reasonable fact finder may ... infer operability ... from an object which looks like, feels like, sounds like, or is like a firearm ... without direct proof of operability.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.