Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 3/23/1978
Commonwealth v. Jones
Citations
- 383 A.2d 926
- 477 Pa. 266
- 1978 Pa. LEXIS 890
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- claim of ineffectiveness must fail where appellant’s guilty plea not induced by counsels’ failure to interview two Commonwealth witnesses
- Logically, the Court needs to determine whether the petitioner has waived his claim prior to reaching the merits
- in PCHA appeal, appellant had waived challenge to validity of his guilty plea
- in PCHA appeal, appellant had waived challenge to validity of his guilty plea
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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Larsen
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27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. FlanaganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-07-23· cited 212×
- Commonwealth v. ChumleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-11-18· cited 102×
- Commonwealth v. WeinsteinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-10-26· cited 97×
- Commonwealth v. FrometaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-06· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. BonacursoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-01-28· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. FordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-22· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. OwensSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-11-04· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. WeissSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-17· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-02-01· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. RaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-01-24· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. WestSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-05· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-11-29· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-12-17· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-02-04· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. AlbertsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-09-14· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. HairstonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-01-20· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. HertzogSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-01-27· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. FultzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-01· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. DavisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-06-15· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. DavisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-04-19· cited 10×
Cites
14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1963-04-29· cited 3,330×
- Commonwealth v. DancerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-01-27· cited 407×
- Commonwealth v. IngramSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-01-24· cited 283×
- Commonwealth v. FoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 140×
- Commonwealth v. MabieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 129×
- Commonwealth v. ViaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-25· cited 104×
- Commonwealth v. StokesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-07-27· cited 83×
- Commonwealth v. FieroSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-07-07· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. EvansSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1969-04-23· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. GreerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. WardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-03-18· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. HinesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-04-17· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. TunnellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. HillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-05-22· cited 17×
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