Commonwealth v. Dimitris’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
states following
June 1984
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Dancer · Commonwealth v. Fox · Commonwealth v. Glasco · Commonwealth v. Testa
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Although generally issues that could have been raised on direct appeal but are not so raised are considered waived, the waiver rule does not apply when in a PCHA proceeding, the issue of trial counsel’s ineffectiveness is raised . . [t]he failure to file a direct appeal and raise a claim of trial counsel’s ineffectiveness does not constitute a waiver where an appellant would be represented on appeal by his trial attorney.””
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.