Commonwealth v. Greer’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
128 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 128 later decisions — most recently August 2009 · most notably Commonwealth v. McClendon (1981), Commonwealth v. Stoyko (1984)
128 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 Anders v. California · Commonwealth v. Baker · Commonwealth v. Jones · Commonwealth v. Zanine · Commonwealth v. Villano
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 128 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that lack of merit in an appeal is not the legal equivalent of frivolity.”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage“effectively amounts to an argument in support of affirmance.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“After carefully and conscientiously examining the entire record, counsel has determined that the appeal of this case is wholly frivolous. This determination is made with full recognition of the importance of a guarantee of representation to indigence [sic] and of the constitutionally-mandated procedure for withdrawal of counsel. Appellant's brief, pg. 7.”
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.