Commonwealth v. Lee’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
28
cited by 28 later decisions
1
states following
November 1987
most recently cited
28 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Giglio v. United States · Napue v. People of the State of Illinois · Commonwealth v. Clair · Commonwealth v. Dancer · Commonwealth v. Sullivan
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The findings of the PCHA court, which hears the evidence and passes on the credibility of the witnesses, should be given great deference. See Commonwealth v. Smith, 454 Pa. 256 , 312 A.2d 396 (1973); Commonwealth v. Minnick, 432 Pa. 462 , 247 A.2d 569 (1968). Consequently, this Court will not disturb its findings if they are supported in the PCHA record. See Commonwealth v. Hauser, 450 Pa. 388 , 299 A.2d 218 (1973); Commonwealth v. Tabb, 433 Pa. 204 , 249 A.2d 546 (1968); Commonwealth v. Minnick, supra. This is true even when the record could support a contrary holding. See Commonwealth v. Hauser, supra.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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