Commonwealth v. Baxter’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
October 2009
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Von Moltke v. Gillies · Commonwealth v. Pierce · Commonwealth v. Mabie · Commonwealth v. Smith · Commonwealth v. Abney
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“established] that the underlying claim is of arguable merit, that counsel had no reasonable basis for failing to pursue the claim, and that defendant was prejudiced by counsel’s failure.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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