Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 3/18/2009
Commonwealth v. Beasley
Citations
- 967 A.2d 376
- 600 Pa. 458
- 2009 Pa. LEXIS 383
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that “... the United States Supreme Court has maintained that its opinions in the Williams and Wiggins line ‘made no new law,’ but rather, represent an application of clearly established precedent”
- stating that “Lthe United States Supreme Court has maintained that its opinions in the Williams and Wiggins line ‘made no new law,’ but rather, represent an application of clearly established precedent”
- stating that “Lthe United States Supreme Court has maintained that its opinions in the Williams and Wiggins line ‘made no new law,’ but rather, represent an application of clearly established precedent”
- remanding for the PCRA court to resolve ―areas of material, factual controversy and material credibility disputes‖
- reflecting a remand where trial counsel attested that he was not aware that he could adduce life-history and mental-health information in penalty proceedings and that he conducted no investigation along such lines
- remanding to permit the PCRA court to prepare an opinion addressing all claims raised in the amended post-conviction petition, and expressly resolve areas of material, factual controversy and material credibility disputes via numbered factual findings
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Judges: Castille, Saylor, Eakin, Baer, Todd, McCaffery, Greenspan
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17 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. Treiber, S., ApltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-08-17· cited 629×
- Commonwealth v. Mason, L., ApltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-12-29· cited 619×
- Commonwealth v. PaddySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-03-30· cited 385×
- Commonwealth v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-03-26· cited 361×
- Commonwealth v. MartinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-08-17· cited 308×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-10-17· cited 303×
- Commonwealth v. HutchinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-08-22· cited 298×
- Commonwealth v. KingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-11-26· cited 238×
- Commonwealth v. Reid, A., ApltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-20· cited 194×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-03-29· cited 181×
- Commonwealth v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-12-28· cited 162×
- Commonwealth v. Montalvo, N., ApltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-04-27· cited 110×
- Commonwealth v. WatkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-29· cited 106×
- Commonwealth, Aplt v. Bardo, M.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-16· cited 72×
- Commonwealth v. GibsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-05-12· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. LopezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-08-20· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. Bardo, M., ApltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-16
Cites
44 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court· 2000-04-18· cited 15,929×
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 12,560×
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 7,499×
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 5,961×
- McCleskey v. ZantSupreme Court· 1991-04-16· cited 3,331×
- Penry v. LynaughSupreme Court· 1989-06-26· cited 2,957×
- Sawyer v. WhitleySupreme Court· 1992-06-22· cited 1,925×
- Rompilla v. BeardSupreme Court· 2005-06-20· cited 1,891×
- Burger v. KempSupreme Court· 1987-09-21· cited 1,706×
- Commonwealth v. FahySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-08-27· cited 1,072×
- Dretke v. HaleySupreme Court· 2004-05-03· cited 727×
- Commonwealth v. KimballSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-01-22· cited 512×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-06-04· cited 461×
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-21· cited 416×
- Commonwealth v. McGillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-09-29· cited 412×
- Commonwealth v. BasemoreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-01-20· cited 404×
- Commonwealth v. MoralesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-09-17· cited 316×
- Commonwealth v. GibsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-07-24· cited 258×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-10-19· cited 234×
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