301 Pa. Super. 46 - Commonwealth v. Worthy’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
1
states following
June 1998
most recently cited
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Anders v. California · Commonwealth v. McClendon · Commonwealth v. Baker · Commonwealth v. Greer · 252 Pa. Super. 103 - Commonwealth v. Liska
Most-quoted passages
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“We note initially that recently our Supreme Court said: This court has also noted "that lack of merit in an appeal is not the legal equivalent of frivolity." Commonwealth v. Greer, 455 Pa. 106, 108 , 314 A.2d 513, 514 (1974). Anders `appears to rest narrowly on the distinction between complete frivolity and absence of merit. The latter is not enough to support either a request by counsel to withdraw, nor the granting of such a request by the court.' (Citation omitted.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Commonwealth v. Baker, supra, 439 Pa. at 214, 239 A.2d at 203 notification of his client. Counsel's brief merely contains a certification that copies of his”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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