Commonwealth v. Causey’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
1
states following
December 2018
most recently cited
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Bagley · United States v. Agurs · Kyles v. Whitley · United States v. Cronic
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Since deciding Grant , our supreme court has held that notwithstanding the new general rule, an appellate court may “review ineffectiveness claims on direct appeal for which there is an evidentiary record developing the claims and a trial court opinion addressing those claims.” Commonwealth v. Belak, 573 Pa. 414 , 825 A.2d 1252 , 1254 n. 6 (2003) (citing Commonwealth v. Bomar, 573 Pa. 426 , 826 A.2d 831 (2003). More succinctly, our supreme court has held that “notwithstanding Grant , we [will] review ineffectiveness claims on direct appeal that were addressed by the trial court[.]” Commonwealth v. Ramos, 573 Pa. 605 , 827 A.2d 1195 , 1199 n. 8 (2003) (citing Bomar, supra)).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“Appellate review of a weight claim is a review of the [judge’s] exercise of discretion, not of the underlying question of whether the verdict is against the weight of the evidence. [A] new trial should be awarded when the jury’s verdict is so contrary to the evidence as to shock one’s sense of justice and the award of a new trial is imperative so that right may be given another opportunity to prevail.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 606(A)(7), counsel was not required to make a motion with the trial court in order to preserve a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence for purposes of appeal”); Pa.R.Crim.P. Rule 606(A)(7) (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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