Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 9/22/1980
Commonwealth v. Ford
Citations
- 421 A.2d 1040
- 491 Pa. 586
- 1980 Pa. LEXIS 795
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- in order to prevail on theory of ineffective assistance of counsel on direct appeal, appellant must show act or omission arguably ineffective and also likelihood that he was prejudiced thereby
- failure to interview witnesses of whose existence counsel is unaware is not ineffectiveness
- failure to interview witnesses of whose existence counsel is unaware is not ineffectiveness
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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Manderino, Larsen
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25 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. WrightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-12-22· cited 339×
- Commonwealth v. NelsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-04-03· cited 154×
- Commonwealth v. PoindexterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-08-25· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. GordonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-05-11· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. WellingtonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-10-08· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. JenningsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-03-20· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-09-06· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. BonacursoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-01-28· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. WomackSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-11-30· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. LitzenbergerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-09-07· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. StewartSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-09-17· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. WallaceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-08· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. GallagherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-05-12· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. DavisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-22· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. WeissSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-17· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-02-04· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. GraySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-03-01· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. MooreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-11-10· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. BartonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-25· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. CarrilloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-09-16· cited 14×
Cites
12 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. HillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. RiceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-04-26· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. OwensSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-11-26· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. WadeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-19· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-03-18· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. OlivenciaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-04-20· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-06-02· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. FordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-03-16· cited 12×
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