Commonwealth v. Beasley’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 72 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 96 later decisions — most recently November 2017 · most notably Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamal (1998), Lambert v. Blackwell (1997)
8 federal appellate · 72 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Coleman v. Thompson · Pennsylvania v. Finley · Parker v. Randolph · Commonwealth v. Pierce · Murray v. Giarratano
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 96 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Appellant must demonstrate that] (1) the underlying claim is of arguable merit; (2) counsel’s performance was unreasonable; and (3) counsel’s ineffectiveness prejudiced defendant.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“To be eligible for relief under [the PCRA], the petitioner must plead and prove ... [t]hat the allegation of error has not been previously litigated or waived.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“so unfair that a miscarriage of justice occurred which no civilized society can tolerate.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.