Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 11/28/2005
Commonwealth v. Bridges
Citations
- 886 A.2d 1127
- 584 Pa. 589
- 2005 Pa. LEXIS 2590
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that counsel’s performance was adequate and that counsel’s apparent failure not to further investigate Bridges’ childhood was “a reasonable strategic decision”
- holding that trial counsel’s performance at sentencing was not deficient
- affirming PCRA court’s denial of expert funds because appellant “failed to prove the witnesses would provide the desired information”
- noting that same claim was previously litigated on direct appeal
- rejecting as meritless a claim of ineffectiveness premised on a previously litigated claim
- unpleasant childhood factors counsel was aware of would have detracted from mitigation evidence trial counsel did present
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor, Eakin, Baer
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13 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. Mason, L., ApltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-12-29· cited 619×
- Commonwealth v. RegaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-10-17· cited 337×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-10-17· cited 303×
- Commonwealth v. CarsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-12-27· cited 237×
- Commonwealth v. KeatonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-05-30· cited 158×
- Commonwealth v. BathSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-08-29· cited 93×
- Commonwealth v. FreySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-03-20· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. DerkSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-11-30· cited 13×
- Bridges v. BeardE.D. Pennsylvania· 2013-04-23· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. GouldLancaster County Court of Common Pleas· 2008-12-18
- Commonwealth v. WelkLancaster County Court of Common Pleas· 2009-08-17
- Commonwealth v. StockbauerLancaster County Court of Common Pleas· 2009-07-23
- Commonwealth v. PruittBerks County Court of Common Pleas· 2011-01-12
Cites
26 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×
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 5,961×
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-09· cited 2,071×
- Commonwealth v. GrantSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-31· cited 1,205×
- Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 854×
- 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. BreakironSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-09-26· cited 323×
- Commonwealth v. BraceySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-31· cited 246×
- Commonwealth v. HughesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-12-21· cited 218×
- Commonwealth v. PeterkinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-07-25· cited 215×
- Commonwealth v. MalloySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-09-01· cited 183×
- Commonwealth v. Abu-JamalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-10-08· cited 180×
- Mead Data Central, Inc. v. West Publishing Co.Supreme Court· 1987-01-27· cited 170×
- Commonwealth v. HowardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-10-01· cited 149×
- Commonwealth v. PorterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-03-16· cited 135×
- Commonwealth v. BridgesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-08-24· cited 133×
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