Commonwealth v. Wharton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

45 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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “providing some reasonable assurance that the single opportunity for review left available to a post-conviction petitioner in the courts of this Commonwealth may be a meaningful one”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Washington · Com. v. Washington

2. “PCRA counsel must, in pleadings and briefs, undertake to develop, to the extent possible, the nature of the claim asserted with respect to each individual facet of a layered ineffectiveness claim, including that which relates to appellate counsel.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Com. v. Washington

3. “for it is well-settled that a PCRA petitioner cannot obtain additional review of previously litigated claims by presenting new theories of relief including allegations of ineffectiveness.”

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