305 Pa. Super. 81 - Commonwealth v. Box’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
September 1994
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. Maroney · Commonwealth v. Hubbard · United States v. Peltier · Commonwealth v. Jones · Commonwealth v. Sherard
Most-quoted passages
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“The right to an evidentiary hearing on a PCHA petition is not absolute. Commonwealth v. Cimaszewski, 234 Pa.Super. 299 , 339 A.2d 95 (1975). A hearing may be denied if petitioner’s claim is patently frivolous and is without a trace of support either in the record or from other evidence. 19 P.S. § 1180-9. A PCHA petition may not be summarily dismissed, however, as “patently frivolous” when the facts alleged in the petition, if proven, would entitle petitioner to relief. Commonwealth v. Sherard, 483 Pa. 183 , 394 A.2d 971 (1978).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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