Commonwealth v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
27
cited by 27 later decisions
1
states following
April 1984
most recently cited
27 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Culombe v. Connecticut · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. Maroney · Commonwealth v. Kichline · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Butler v. Rundle · Commonwealth v. Rose
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“". . . Appellant raises numerous other issues concerning effectiveness of trial counsel. These points were not raised in the counseled amended Post Conviction Hearing Act petition. Appellant raised these specific issues for the first time in his brief which was submitted after the post conviction hearing. We believe these claims are waived, because appellant, by waiting until after the hearing, denied the Commonwealth an opportunity to defend against assertions raised at such a late date. We thus refuse to consider anything not raised in a counseled petition. See Pa.R.Crim.P. 1506(4)."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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