292 Pa. Super. 172 - Commonwealth v. Whittaker’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
May 1985
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Hubbard · Commonwealth v. Sherard · Aiken Industries, Inc. v. Estate of Wilson · Commonwealth v. Chumley · Commonwealth v. Bunch
Most-quoted passages
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“(a) When required. 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. (b) When not required. 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 the other evidence submitted by the petitioner. The court may also deny a hearing on a specific question of fact when a full and fair evidentiary hearing upon that question was held at the original trial or at any later proceeding.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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