Commonwealth v. Pike’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a claim of ineffective assistance is directed to counsel's representation incident to a guilty plea, the second prong of the Saferian test requires a defendant to show 'that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's errors, he would not have pleaded guilty and would have insisted on going to trial.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1130 - Commonwealth v. Smith · Commonwealth v. Gilbert

2. “measurably below that which might be expected from an ordinary fallible lawyer,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1130 - Commonwealth v. Smith · 94 Mass. App. Ct. 815 - Commonwealth v. Bannister

3. “he would have rejected the plea but for the incompetent advice of counsel.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1130 - Commonwealth v. Schaff · Commonwealth v. Lewis