Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/4/1985
Commonwealth v. Polk
Citations
- 500 A.2d 825
- 347 Pa. Super. 265
- 1985 Pa. Super. LEXIS 8753
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- holding that\( c ]ounsel will not be deemed ineffective for failing to assert a defense that would not have been beneficial or for Commw. v. Malik Collins Page 14 of 15 failing to interview witnesses whose testimony would not have been helpful\
- failure to make offer of proof as to substance of omitted witnesses’ testimony
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17 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. PiggSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-03-07· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. BlystoneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-11-19· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. HoffmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-04-18· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. StinnettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-08-19· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. CarterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-06-06· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. WoodwardSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-07-28· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. ParkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-09-29· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. BlagmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-01-31· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. CarboneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-01-12· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. MolinaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-24· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. HumpheysSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-08-24· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. TrudellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-02-22· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. WoodsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-05-22· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. EarlySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-08-19· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. AnthonySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-07-19· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. KauffmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-06-05· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-11-25
Cites
29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Hill v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1962-02-26· cited 2,416×
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-11-14· cited 1,351×
- Commonwealth v. RigginsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-08-17· cited 471×
- Commonwealth v. PettusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-02-05· cited 291×
- Commonwealth v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-01-20· cited 164×
- Commonwealth v. McNeilSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-02-08· cited 135×
- Commonwealth v. ClemmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-06-28· cited 135×
- Commonwealth v. MabieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 129×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-05-27· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. FloydSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-11-20· cited 110×
- Commonwealth v. LutherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-15· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. SudlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-10-14· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. BellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-19· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-01-05· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. BonacursoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-01-28· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. MartinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-02-03· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. DudenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-03-16· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. AbneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. LeonardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-10· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. TorresSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-05-18· cited 22×
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