Commonwealth v. Simmons

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that boilerplate allegations of ineffectiveness are insufficient to warrant relief
• “Boilerplate allegations have never been sufficient to discharge [the appellant’s] affirmative burden to rebut the presumption of effectiveness.”
• \Boilerplate allegations have never been sufficient to discharge [the appellant's] affirmative burden to rebut the presumption of effectiveness.\
• “[T]he unshifting burden to prove ineffectiveness always rests upon the defendant….”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Tedford
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-11-19· cited 325×
• Commonwealth v. Robinson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-12-30· cited 199×
• Simmons v. Beard
  Third Circuit· 2009-09-11· cited 151×
• Commonwealth v. Ford
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-10-25· cited 70×
• Commonwealth v. Marinelli
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-11-27· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Ferguson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-12-21· cited 9×
• Simmons v. Beard
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2005-02-22· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Granese
  Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-07-02

Cites

37 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Batson v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
• United States v. Bagley
  Supreme Court· 1985-07-02· cited 8,539×
• Giglio v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1972-02-24· cited 7,003×
• United States v. Agurs
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-24· cited 6,537×
• Kyles v. Whitley
  Supreme Court· 1995-04-19· cited 6,003×
• Strickler v. Greene
  Supreme Court· 1999-06-17· cited 4,383×
• Napue v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1959-06-15· cited 4,234×
• J. E. B. v. Alabama ex rel. T. B.
  Supreme Court· 1994-04-19· cited 1,420×
• JEB v. Alabama Ex Rel. TB
  Supreme Court· 1994-04-19· cited 1,335×
• Simmons v. South Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-17· cited 1,326×
• Commonwealth v. Albrecht
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-11-23· cited 654×
• Commonwealth v. Travaglia
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-06-23· cited 541×
• Commonwealth v. Kimball
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-01-22· cited 512×
• Commonwealth v. Pettus
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-02-05· cited 291×
• Commonwealth v. Simmons
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-07-19· cited 271×
• Commonwealth v. Rollins
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-09-29· cited 208×
• Commonwealth v. Pursell
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-06-26· cited 203×
• Commonwealth v. Edmiston
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-10· cited 196×