Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 4/28/1989
Commonwealth v. Cook
Citations
- 557 A.2d 421
- 383 Pa. Super. 615
- 1989 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1092
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- counsel will not be deemed ineffective for failing to assert a baseless claim
- counsel will not be deemed ineffective for failing to assert a baseless claim
- counsel may not be held ineffective for failure to preserve a meritless claim
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Judges: Cavanaugh, McEwen, Popovich
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17 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. DonahueSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-08-27· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. BoylesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-07-29· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. GreerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-07-24· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. MooreSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-09-23· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. SheppardSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-09-30· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. FullerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-07-27· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. BazabeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-05-15· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. CatanchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-10-18· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. MontgomerySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-12-26· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. MescallSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-06-06· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. RinkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-05-02· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. LeboSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-06-13· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. BatsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-08-17· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. BlackSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-10-24· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. EdmondsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-01-19· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. ClarkSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-15· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. CummingsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-01-12· cited 2×
Cites
6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-09· cited 2,071×
- Commonwealth v. SpencerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-03-25· cited 134×
- Commonwealth v. GartnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-12-01· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. SiloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-12-12· cited 44×
- Cucchi v. Rollins Protective Services Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-08-11· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. HawthorneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-05-27· cited 23×
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