Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 10/1/1991
Commonwealth v. Carter
Citations
- 597 A.2d 1156
- 409 Pa. Super. 184
- 1991 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3009
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding claim that trial counsel failed to inform appellant of his right to call character witnesses to be of arguable merit
- endorsing a consciousness-of-guilt instruction where a defendant did not appear at trial and then “fled, and/or concealed his whereabouts to avoid prosecution”
- finding claim that trial counsel failed to inform appellant of his right to call character witnesses to be of arguable merit
- “We cannot impose upon trial counsel the qualities of a seer_”
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Judges: Wieand, Olszewski, Montgomery
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11 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. PriceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-11-13· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. SmolkoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-10-10· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. ToroSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-03-14· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. ThuySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-04-13· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. HollomanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-03-22· cited 23×
- State v. SlaterWashington Supreme Court· 2021-05-20· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-02-07· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. KhamphouseaneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-03-21· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. GloverSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-01-27· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. GarnettSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-08-11· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. DupertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-03-25· cited 7×
Cites
61 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×
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1967-05-08· cited 87,848×
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-09· cited 2,071×
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-11-14· cited 1,351×
- Commonwealth v. TwiggsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-01-27· cited 298×
- Commonwealth v. DurstSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-05-30· cited 206×
- Commonwealth v. PursellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-06-26· cited 203×
- Commonwealth v. DavisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-05-20· cited 191×
- Commonwealth v. CoyleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-10-14· cited 166×
- Commonwealth v. TriplettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-12-23· cited 147×
- Commonwealth v. PoundsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-03· cited 144×
- Commonwealth v. PetrasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-11-30· cited 133×
- Commonwealth v. MabieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 129×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-05-27· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. YarrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-17· cited 120×
- Commonwealth v. FloydSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-11-20· cited 110×
- Commonwealth v. WhackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 89×
- Commonwealth v. LutherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-15· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. SampsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-12-29· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. CopelandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-12-21· cited 68×
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