Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 11/30/1972
Commonwealth v. McGrogan
Citations
- 449 Pa. 584
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- counsel not ineffective for declining voluntary manslaughter charge/claim of sell-defense in attempt to gain outright acquittal
- counsel not ineffective for pursuing acquittal where Commonwealth evidence in conflict as to defendant’s conduct at time of slaying
- strategy seeking acquittal rather than one seeking verdict of manslaughter was effective assistance
- \[C]ertain decisions during trial are within the exclusive province of counsel.\
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Judges: Brien, Eagen, Jones, Manderino, Nix, Pomeroy, Roberts
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37 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. DancerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-01-27· cited 407×
- Commonwealth v. CampanaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-05-04· cited 340×
- Commonwealth v. PaquetteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 208×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-03-29· cited 181×
- Commonwealth v. MusiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-06· cited 132×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-05-27· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. CarterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-09-22· cited 97×
- Commonwealth v. HillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. StewartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-25· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. OwensSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-11-26· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. RoundtreeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-10-20· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. McGroganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-11-30· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. SullivanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-01-19· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. AmatoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-11-30· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. WitherspoonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. VelasquezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-11-17· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. BeattySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-08-17· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. GambrellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. McCloskeySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-03-30· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. GarciaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-01-20· cited 20×
Cites
51 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court· 1963-03-18· cited 3,950×
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-11-14· cited 1,351×
- Brookhart v. JanisSupreme Court· 1966-04-18· cited 1,130×
- Henry v. MississippiSupreme Court· 1965-03-01· cited 1,121×
- Commonwealth v. DrumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1868-07-01· cited 323×
- Commonwealth v. McCuskerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-06-28· cited 186×
- Commonwealth v. MatthewsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-12-29· cited 132×
- Commonwealth v. ColandroSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1911-04-10· cited 122×
- United States of America Ex Rel. Robert Lee Goldsby v. William Harpole, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, MississippiFifth Circuit· 1959-03-17· cited 115×
- Chester Nelson v. People of the State of California, Robert A. Heinze, WardenNinth Circuit· 1965-06-22· cited 114×
- Commonwealth v. MooreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-12-31· cited 112×
- Commonwealth v. JeffersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-01-04· cited 112×
- Commonwealth v. DonoughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1954-03-25· cited 105×
- Commonwealth v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-03-20· cited 103×
- Phil Whitus and Leon Davis v. R. P. Balkcom, Jr., Warden, State Penitentiary, Reidsville, GeorgiaFifth Circuit· 1964-06-18· cited 100×
- Commonwealth v. SnyderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-09-26· cited 94×
- United States v. Carlos MarcelloFifth Circuit· 1970-06-15· cited 93×
- Commonwealth v. GarrettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-05-24· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. RoundtreeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-10-09· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. JenningsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-01-07· cited 78×
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