294 Pa. Super. 516 - Commonwealth v. Stanton’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
46 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently December 2017 · most notably 388 Pa. Super. 82 - Commonwealth v. Bruner (1989), 330 Pa. Super. 420 - Reilly v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (1984)
46 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. Maroney · Commonwealth v. Hubbard · Commonwealth v. Sullivan · Commonwealth v. Miller · Commonwealth v. Perry
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Rather, we look to whether the Appellant’s PCHA court’s determination is supported by evidence of record and is otherwise free of legal error. Commonwealth v. Lutz, [492] Pa. [500], 424 A.2d 1302 (1981). And in Commonwealth v. Edwards, [273] Pa.Super. [351], [356-7] 417 A.2d 685, 687 (1979), we quoted from Commonwealth v. Lee, 478 Pa. 70, 75 , 385 A.2d 1317, 1320 (1978) (which in turn quoted Commonwealth v. Sullivan, 472 Pa. 129, 145 , 371 A.2d 468, 476 (1977)): ‘The findings of the PCHA court, which hears the evidence and passes on the credibility of the witnesses, should be given great deference. See Commonwealth v. Smith, 454 Pa. 256 , 312 A.2d 396 (1973); Commonwealth v. Minnick, 432 Pa. 462 , 247 A.2d 569 (1968). Consequently, this Court will not disturb its findings if they are supported in the PCHA record. See Commonwealth v. Hau-ser, 450 Pa. 388 , 299 A.2d 218 (1973); Commonwealth v. Tabb, 433 Pa. 204 , 249 A.2d 546 (1968); Commonwealth v. Minnick, supra. This is true even when the record could support a contrary holding . . . [citation omitted].’ ””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The record made at the PCHA hearing indicates quite clearly that at no time did Appellant’s counsel request that the hearing judge recuse himself. Nor are any of the “facts" concerning Appellant’s civil action contained in the record. Such information, if it is that, appears for the first time in Appellant’s appellate brief. The practice of setting forth facts in a party’s brief but not of record has been specifically condemned and we may not, as a reviewing court, consider them.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Upon receipt of the notice of appeal, the judge who entered the order giving rise to the notice of appeal, if the reasons for the order do not already appear of record, shall forthwith file of record at least a brief opinion of the reasons for the order, or for the rulings of other errors complained of, or shall specify in writing the place in the record where such reasons may be found.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.