398 Pa. Super. 134 - Commonwealth v. Brimage’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
April 2001
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Pettus · Commonwealth v. Lawson · Commonwealth v. Wilkerson · Lilian v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. Hutchinson
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] second or subsequent motion should be summarily dismissed when the judge determines that the defendant has failed to make a strong prima facie showing that a miscarriage of justice may have occurred,” citing Lawson . 3 . The Supreme Court noted that the new PCRA required that an individual alleging ineffective assistance of counsel must prove that counsel’s action”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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