298 Pa. Super. 165 - Commonwealth v. Ritchie’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
June 1997
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Wilson · 296 Pa. Super. 441 - Commonwealth v. Miranda · Commonwealth v. Wilkerson · Commonwealth v. Haynes · Commonwealth v. Robinson
Most-quoted passages
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“Had the defender but once asked appellant whether he wanted to appeal, the problem presented by this case might have been avoided. Instead, he never informed appellant of his right to appeal, never asked him whether he wanted to appeal, and may well have misled appellant, for it was clear from appellant’s letter of June 3, that appellant wanted to appeal, and by replying to the letter only that appellant would be informed when his transcripts had been filed, the defender may have suggested that filing an appeal could await receipt of the transcripts.”
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.