Commonwealth v. Schultz’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently January 2014
7 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
Relies on Anders v. California · Commonwealth v. Turner · 379 Pa. Super. 390 - Commonwealth v. Finley · Commonwealth v. McClendon · Commonwealth v. Jones
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When examining a post-conviction court’s denial of relief, our scope of review is limited to a determination of whether the court’s findings are supported by the record and are otherwise free of legal error. See, e.g., Commonwealth v. Gaskins, 692 A.2d 224, 226 (Pa.Super.1997). The findings of the post-conviction court will not be disturbed unless they have no support in the record. Id. Additionally, we note that there is no absolute right to a hearing pursuant to the PCRA. Rather, the post-conviction court may elect to dismiss a petition if it has thoroughly reviewed the claims presented and determined that they are utterly without support in the record. Id.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“When seeking leave to withdraw representation from a collateral appeal, counsel must file a “no-merit” letter that (1) details the nature and extent of counsel’s review[,] (2) lists each issue the petitioner wishes to raise, and (3) explains why those issues lack merit. Once counsel has complied with these requirements, withdrawal will be permitted if, after independent review, we conclude that the issues raised by appellant do not support a grant of relief (ie., the issues lack merit).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In order to establish that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to call witnesses, a petitioner must: (1) identify the witness or witnesses; (2) demonstrate that counsel actually knew, or had a duty to know, the identity of the witness or witnesses prior to trial; (3) demonstrate that the witness or witnesses were ready, willing and able to testify for the defense at trial; and (4) demonstrate that the proposed testimony would have been helpful to the defense asserted at trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Commonwealth v. Neal
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.