Commonwealth v. Preston

How courts have described this case

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

• standard described for ineffectiveness where counsel has not fully consulted accused of his right to testify; accused must demonstrate that counsel interfered with accused's freedom to testify, or counsel gave unreasonable advice; the decision to testify ultimately lies with the accused
• standard described for ineffectiveness where counsel has not fully consulted accused of his right to testify; accused must demonstrate that counsel interfered with accused’s freedom to testify, or counsel gave unreasonable advice; the decision to testify ultimately lies with the accused

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Thomas
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-09-06· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Miller
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-18· cited 30×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Martin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-09-27· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Haber
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-02-11· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Bazabe
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-05-15· cited 28×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-02-08· cited 19×
• Commonwealth v. Rakes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-10-10· cited 11×