Commonwealth v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 178 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 186 later decisions — most recently April 1990 · most notably Commonwealth v. Satchell (1968), 346 Pa. Super. 129 - Commonwealth v. Martin (1985)
6 federal appellate · 178 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. Zerbst · Douglas v. People of State of California · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. Maroney · Commonwealth Ex Rel. West v. Rundle · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Butler v. Rundle
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 186 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... the trial court, the Commonwealth or trial counsel should place on record, perhaps immediately after sentence is imposed, a full examination of the accused sufficient to demonstrate that he is aware of his right of appeal and his right to counsel for that purpose, and that he understands the full import of these rights as well as the consequences which may flow from their exercise.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The record below, although it does indicate that appellant may have been told that he could appeal, is completely silent as to whether appellant was at any point informed or was aware that he was entitled to court appointed counsel. Douglas [v. People of State of California, 372 U.S. 353 , 83 S.Ct. 814 , 9 L.Ed.2d 811 (1963) ] requires that an indigent accused be aware of both rights.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“If the hearing court finds that the Commonwealth is able to demonstrate that appellant knew of his right of appellate counsel, it shall enter an order denying relief. Id., 430 Pa. 6 , at 241 A.2d 763 .”
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.