Commonwealth v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(i) the failure to raise the 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.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Fennell

2. “A PCRA petition, including a second or subsequent petition, must be filed within one year of a final judgment, unless the petitioner alleges and proves that he is entitled to one of three exceptions to this general rule, and that the petition was filed within 60 days of the date the claim could have been presented[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Natividad, R., Aplt.

3. “The PCRA timeliness requirement ... is mandatory and jurisdictional in nature. ... The court cannot ignore a petition's untimeliness and reach the merits of the petition.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Fennell