Commonwealth v. Collins

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• cited with approval by Commonwealth v. Hall, 549 Pa. 269, 297, 701 A.2d 190, 204 (1997)
• a decision by counsel not to take a particular action does not constitute ineffective assistance is that decision was reasonably based and was not the product of sloth or ignorance
• cited with approval by Commonwealth v. Hall, 701 A.2d 190, 204 (Pa. -7- J-S24021-18 1997)
• cited with approval by Commonwealth v. Hall, 701 A.2d 190, 204 (Pa. -7- J-S50034-18 1997)
• “Our law clearly establishes that any witness may be impeached by showing his bias or hostility, or by proving facts which would make such feelings probable.”
• where counsel’s decision to eschew particular defense theory was a “reasonably based approach designed to effectuate her client’s interest,” it is not for the court to substitute its determination as to which of various alternatives would have better promoted the client’s interests

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Mann
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-03-25· cited 393×
• Commonwealth v. Hall
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-09-17· cited 237×
• Commonwealth v. Loner
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-10-22· cited 230×
• Com. v. Hopkins, G.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-04-06· cited 90×
• Roderick Johnson v. Louis Folino
  Third Circuit· 2013-01-16· cited 70×
• Commonwealth v. Butler
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-12-19· cited 37×
• Hatfield v. Continental Imports, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-05-20· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Thuy
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-04-13· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Blassingale
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-10-02· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Carter
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-10-01· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Lawrence
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-08-08· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-02-07· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Khamphouseane
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-03-21· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Lane
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-02-26· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Ervin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-04-01· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. Crum
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-12-12· cited 6×
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Johnson, R.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-12-19