Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 11/18/1978
Commonwealth v. Coleman
Citations
- 394 A.2d 474
- 482 Pa. 581
- 1978 Pa. LEXIS 1121
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- notion that a defendant might have been able to procure counsel who had more experience in handling homicide cases did not render defendant’s trial counsel’s performance ineffective
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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Larsen
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9 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. WhitneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-07-15· cited 135×
- Commonwealth v. MusiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-06· cited 132×
- Commonwealth v. GuldinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-08-01· cited 33×
- Ernest Renda Contracting Co. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-10-15· cited 32×
- LaCourt v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-02-05· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. SabbSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-08-24· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. SiersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-08-19· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. McGarrySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-19· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. BaylorSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-30· cited 3×
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-11-14· cited 1,351×
- Commonwealth v. GravesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-18· cited 129×
- Commonwealth v. EnglandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-07-08· cited 119×
- Commonwealth v. ColemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. FaisonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-03-25· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. TylerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 83×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-01-03· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. IngramSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-10-09· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. TarverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-12-20· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. GrelloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-30· cited 9×
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