Commonwealth v. Hackett’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

50 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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(i) the failure to raise a claim previously was the result of interference by government officials with the presentation of the claim in violation of the Constitution or laws of this Commonwealth or the Constitution or laws of the United States; (ii) the facts upon which the claim is predicated were unknown to the petitioner and could not have been ascertained by the exercise of due diligence; or (iii) the right asserted is a constitutional right that was recognized by the Supreme Court of the United States or the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania after the time period provided in this section and has been held by that court to apply retroactively.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth, Aplt v. Williams, T. · 2011 Pa. Super. 6 - Commonwealth v. Green

2. “(a) General rule. — To be eligible for relief under this subchapter, the petitioner must plead and prove by a preponderance of the evidence all of the following: (2) That the conviction or sentence resulted from one or more of the following: [[Image here]] (ii) Ineffective assistance of counsel which, in the circumstances of the particular case, so undermined the truth-determining process that no reliable adjudication of guilt or innocence could have taken place.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2011 Pa. Super. 271 - Commonwealth v. Masker · 2009 Pa. Super. 122 - Commonwealth v. Stout

3. “so undermined the truth-determining process that no reliable adjudication of guilt or innocence could have taken place.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Robinson, A., Aplt. · Commonwealth v. Robinson