Commonwealth v. Tabron’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently December 2002 · most notably Commonwealth v. Pursell (1985), 335 Pa. Super. 560 - Commonwealth v. Garvin (1984)
33 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. Maroney · Commonwealth v. Hubbard · United States v. Peltier · Commonwealth v. Stoltzfus · Commonwealth v. Simon
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.
“The test for evaluating a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is whether the record supports a conclusion that the particular course chosen by counsel had some reasonable basis designed to effectuate his clients’ interest. In making this assessment, we are not to employ a hindsight evaluation to determine whether there was a reasonable basis for the course of action actually selected. Commonwealth v. Musi, 486 Pa. 102 , 404 A.2d 378 (1979); Commonwealth v. Hosack, 485 Pa. 128 , 401 A.2d 327 (1979); Commonwealth v. Weathers El, 485 Pa. 28 [,] 400 A.2d 1295 (1979); Commonwealth v. Treftz, 485 Pa. 297 , 401 A.2d 1325 (1979); Commonwealth v. Williams, 485 Pa. 137 , 401 A.2d 331 (1979). Commonwealth ex rel. Washington v. Maroney[,] 427 Pa. 599 , 235 A.2d 349 (1967). Counsel will not be deemed ineffective once we are able to conclude that the particular course chosen by counsel had some reasonable basis designed to effectuate his client’s interest. Commonwealth v. Musi, supra; Commonwealth v. Sherard, 483 Pa. 183 , 394 A.2d 971 (1978); Commonwealth v. Hubbard, 472 Pa. 259 , 372 A.2d 687 (1977); Commonwealth ex rel. Washington v. Maroney, supra.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“`It is well settled that comments by the district attorney do not constitute reversible error unless the unavoidable effect of such comments would be to prejudice the [jurors], forming in their minds fixed bias and hostility toward the defendant so that they could not weigh the evidence objectively and render a true verdict.'”
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.