Commonwealth v. Keaton

How courts have described this case

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

• “[I]t is axiomatic that [trial] counsel will not be considered ineffective for failing to pursue meritless claims.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Charleston
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-06-06· cited 278×
• Commonwealth v. Mitchell, W., Aplt
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-16· cited 190×
• Commonwealth v. Maddrey
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-02-22· cited 159×
• Com. v. Harris, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-04-07

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Maryland v. Shatzer
  Supreme Court· 2010-02-24· cited 624×
• Commonwealth v. Pursell
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-01-19· cited 278×
• Commonwealth v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 264×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-06-17· cited 159×
• Commonwealth v. Keaton
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-05-30· cited 158×
• Commonwealth v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-12-27· cited 89×
• Taylor v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 2000-02-22· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-10-21· cited 38×
• Commonwealth v. Thuy
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-04-13· cited 25×
• Keaton v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 2000-02-22· cited 3×