Commonwealth v. Perry’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Anders v. California · Pennsylvania v. Finley · 355 Pa. Super. 115 - Commonwealth v. Sawyer · 367 Pa. Super. 370 - Commonwealth v. Rauser · 370 Pa. Super. 575 - Commonwealth v. Harris
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“we are not creating new procedures [here]; rather, we are merely implementing and enforcing the existing Rules of Criminal Procedure with reference to appointment of counsel for representation on frivolous appeals.”
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.