Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/30/1996
Commonwealth v. Morris
Citations
- 684 A.2d 1037
- 546 Pa. 296
- 1996 Pa. LEXIS 2114
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- counsel not ineffective for failing to ask life-qualifying questions during voir dire when jurors asked if they could be fair and follow instructions
- counsel not ineffective for failing to ask life-qualifying questions during voir dire when jurors asked if they could be fair and follow instructions
- counsel not ineffective for failing to ask life-qualifying questions during voir dire when jurors asked if they could be fair and follow instructions
- speculative claim of ineffectiveness summarily rejected; ineffectiveness claims cannot be raised in vacuum
- speculative claims of ineffectiveness should be summarily rejected
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Judges: Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Nigro, Newman
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60 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Goodspeed v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-04-06· cited 1,864×
- Commonwealth v. AlbrechtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-11-23· cited 654×
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-21· cited 416×
- Commonwealth v. D'AmatoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-09-02· cited 351×
- Commonwealth v. WrightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-12-22· cited 339×
- Commonwealth v. TedfordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-11-19· cited 325×
- Commonwealth v. PaddySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-07-08· cited 285×
- Commonwealth v. PursellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-01-19· cited 278×
- Commonwealth v. BraceySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-31· cited 246×
- Commonwealth v. Woodard, A., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-12-03· cited 216×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-11-24· cited 207×
- Commonwealth v. BondSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-08-23· cited 202×
- Commonwealth v. Eichinger, J., ApltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-31· cited 169×
- Commonwealth v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-01-26· cited 146×
- Commonwealth v. HardcastleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-10-01· cited 146×
- Commonwealth v. ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-04-02· cited 143×
- Commonwealth v. WayneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-10-29· cited 132×
- Commonwealth v. LambertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-31· cited 128×
- Commonwealth v. DennisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-07-22· cited 99×
- Commonwealth v. RiversSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-20· cited 94×
Cites
20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 3,997×
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-09· cited 2,071×
- Morgan v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1992-06-15· cited 1,584×
- Commonwealth v. PettusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-02-05· cited 291×
- Commonwealth v. BakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-17· cited 216×
- Commonwealth v. TilleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-07-18· cited 151×
- Commonwealth v. BracaliellySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-05-16· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. DouglasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-08-03· cited 106×
- Commonwealth v. JermynSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-10-15· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. LambertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-02-21· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. BanksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-03-27· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. BlountSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-08-24· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. DeHartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-11-22· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. HollandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-05-20· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. Cam LySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-03-18· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. SiloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-12-12· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. StanleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-08· cited 37×
- Testa v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1995-10-02· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. PorterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-02-08· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. MorrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-09-22· cited 24×
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