Commonwealth v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 state decisions

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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is well settled that, where a guilty plea has been entered, all grounds of appeal are waived other than challenges to the voluntariness of the plea and the jurisdiction of the sentencing court. Thus allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel in connection with entry of the guilty plea will serve as a basis for relief only if the ineffectiveness caused appellant to enter an involuntary or unknowing plea.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2003 Pa. Super. 412 - Commonwealth v. Boyd

2. ““In reviewing the PCHA court’s determination, our task is not to engage in de novo evaluation of testimony. ‘This Court does not sit as a trier of issues of fact, expecting to be persuaded that one or the other side is more credible. That is a task for a trial court and we would never invade that area of the judicial process.’ Reed v. Universal C.I.T. Credit Corp., 434 Pa. 212, 217 , 253 A.2d 101, 104 (1969).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Glover