Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/26/1991
Commonwealth v. March
Citations
- 598 A.2d 961
- 528 Pa. 412
- 1991 Pa. LEXIS 162
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- to permit defendant to succeed on claim of ineffectiveness of counsel, court must provide separate finding of prejudice
- allegations of ineffectiveness are not self-sustaining based on issue of arguable merit, and the defendant must substantiate that he was prejudiced by the failure of counsel to take the particular action
- in order to prevail on ineffectiveness claim, petitioner must establish prejudice
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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy
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11 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. MarshallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-05· cited 102×
- Commonwealth v. UderraSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-01-26· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. MontalvoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-05-12· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. PrinceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-11-12· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. LassenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-05-16· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. NovasakSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-04-02· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. SalisburySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-04-29· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. ColemanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-09-18· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. MillwardSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-07-14· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. MiguelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-10-17· cited 4×
- McFarland v. EnglishE.D. Pennsylvania· 2000-08-16
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-09· cited 2,071×
- Commonwealth v. KichlineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 312×
- Commonwealth v. NelsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-04-03· cited 154×
- Commonwealth v. EvansSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-04-24· cited 119×
- Commonwealth v. HentoshSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-02-03· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. TresslerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-12-31· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. MarchSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-23· cited 8×
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