294 Pa. Super. 529 - Commonwealth v. Stokes’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently September 2011 · most notably Campbell v. Vaughn (2000), 328 Pa. Super. 35 - Commonwealth v. Bell (1984)
33 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 Johnson v. Zerbst · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. Maroney · Commonwealth v. Hubbard · Commonwealth v. Sullivan · Commonwealth v. Wilkerson
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is beyond cavil that a defendant has an absolute right to appeal, Pa. Const, art. V, sec. 9, and the ultimate decision of whether to do so must be made by the defendant and not counsel. Commonwealth v. Hertzog, 492 Pa. [632, 639] 425 A.2d 329 [, 333] (1981) (collects cases); Commonwealth v. [Wilkerson], 490 Pa. 296, 299 , 416 A.2d 477, 479 (1980). At the same time, it is well settled that a defendant may waive the right to appeal, provided such waiver is a “knowing and intelligent” act on the part of a defendant. Commonwealth v. Mika, 277 Pa.Super. 339 , [343,] 419 A.2d 1172, 117 [4] (1980).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Appellant’s single reference to [the witness’] prospective assistance is hardly a “positive demonstration” that her testimony would have been helpful to Appellant’s defense, and we will not find counsel ineffective for failure to produce her.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.