Commonwealth v. Beatty’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
33
cited by 33 later decisions
1
states following
November 1984
most recently cited
33 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. Zerbst · Blackledge v. Allison · Commonwealth v. Dancer · Commonwealth v. Twiggs · Commonwealth v. Starr
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is now settled that the proper procedure for attacking a guilty plea following the entry of judgment of sentence is to file with the trial court which accepted the plea a petition to withdraw the plea.” At 474 Pa. 108 , 376 A.2d 994 .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“(a) A motion challenging the validity of a guilty plea, the legality of a sentence on a guilty plea or the denial of a motion to withdraw a guilty plea shall be in writing and shall be filed with the trial court within ten (10) days after imposition of sentence.”
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.