Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1/20/1988
Commonwealth v. Garcia
Citations
- 535 A.2d 1186
- 370 Pa. Super. 132
- 1988 Pa. Super. LEXIS 17
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- counsel’s decision to forego alternative theory of voluntary manslaughter and rely solely upon theory of self-defense was not ineffective assistance
- strategy seeking acquittal rather than one seeking verdict of manslaughter was effective assistance of counsel
- strategy seeking acquittal rather than one seeking verdict of manslaughter was effective assistance of counsel
- when counsel’s strategy is to seek acquittal rather than conviction on lesser-included offense, he is not ineffective
- trial counsel not ineffective for pursuing defense of innocence to homicide charge rather than presenting heat of passion argument in support of voluntary manslaughter
- “Indeed, it is well settled that a strategy aspiring to achieve an acquittal, rather than a compromise verdict of manslaughter, is considered effective assistance of counsel.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Grillo, Chullo, Brosky, Beck
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10 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. FarmerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-07-14· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. SlatonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-31· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. CarterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-10-01· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-08-14· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. CarterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-08-16· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. Rosario-HernandezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-09-20· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. HarnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-08-15· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. SzarkoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-11-12· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. CummingsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-01-12· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. RichardsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-06-25· cited 2×
Cites
15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- 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. BuehlSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-04-30· cited 203×
- Commonwealth v. MusiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-06· cited 132×
- Commonwealth v. PronkoskieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-05-26· cited 118×
- Allegheny County v. MonzoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-11-13· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. McGroganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-11-30· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. McBeeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-12-10· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-09-06· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. EllisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-06-13· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. FisherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-05-17· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. CainSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-03-14· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. NaumanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-09-13· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-02-04· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. JenschSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-11-25· cited 21×
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