Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1/17/1992
Commonwealth v. Savage
Citations
- 602 A.2d 309
- 529 Pa. 108
- 1992 Pa. LEXIS 24
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- counsel’s disclosure of defendant’s prior criminal record was not ineffective, where it served a reasonable strategic purpose
- where strategy of trial counsel was reasonable designed to advance defendant’s interest, the fact that the strategy was not successful does not mean it was unreasonable
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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy
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15 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. KimballSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-01-22· cited 512×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-06-04· cited 461×
- Commonwealth v. ManleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-11-30· cited 182×
- Commonwealth v. HardcastleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-10-01· cited 146×
- Commonwealth v. RushSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-08-23· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. StaffordSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-03-16· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. SanchezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-09-27· cited 75×
- Commonwealth v. BraceySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-08-22· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. PadillaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-05-08· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. StilleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-01-09· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. DudaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-08-25· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. YoungSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-05-27· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. BirdsongSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-11-09· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. PhilistinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-07-16· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. CummingsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-01-12· cited 2×
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-09· cited 2,071×
- Commonwealth v. NelsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-04-03· cited 154×
- Commonwealth v. EvansSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-04-24· cited 119×
- Commonwealth v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-12-18· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. DuffeySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-14· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. HentoshSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-02-03· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. GardnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-03· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. TresslerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-12-31· cited 20×
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