Commonwealth v. Abraham’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
December 2012
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Padilla v. Kentucky
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“whether in light of Padilla ... the distinction in Pennsylvania between direct and collateral consequences to define the scope of constitutionally ‘reasonable professional assistance’ required under Strickland ... is appropriate?”
1 later decision 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.