Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 11/22/1994
Commonwealth v. Smith
Citations
- 650 A.2d 863
- 539 Pa. 128
- 1994 Pa. LEXIS 636
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- quot ing Commonwealth v. Peterkin, 511 Pa. 299, 318, 513 A.2d 373, 383 (1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 1070, 107 S.Ct. 962, 93 L.Ed.2d 1010 (1987)
- trial counsel is not ineffective for failing to raise a meritless claim
- trial counsel is not ineffective for failing to raise a meritless claim
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Judges: Nix, Flaherty, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy, Castille, Montemuro
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15 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-06-04· cited 461×
- Commonwealth v. CookSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-07-24· cited 224×
- Unnamed caseThird Circuit· 1997-08-21· cited 131×
- Commonwealth v. FletcherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-11-18· cited 119×
- Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Montalvo, M.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-03-26· cited 113×
- Commonwealth v. DiNicolaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-01-19· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-06-23· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-08-20· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. PirelaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-02-16· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. MorganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-10-01· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. FetterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-02-16· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. AldermanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-11-13· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. FaustCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-11-17· cited 3×
- Com. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-08-20
- Commonwealth v. Flor, R., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-09-22
Cites
18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
- Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court· 1985-06-11· cited 2,827×
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-09· cited 2,071×
- Mills v. MarylandSupreme Court· 1988-06-06· cited 1,392×
- Commonwealth v. PettusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-02-05· cited 291×
- Commonwealth v. HardcastleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-08-10· cited 233×
- Commonwealth v. PeterkinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-07-25· cited 215×
- Mead Data Central, Inc. v. West Publishing Co.Supreme Court· 1987-01-27· cited 170×
- Commonwealth v. Abu-JamalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-06· cited 159×
- Commonwealth v. HolcombSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-10-04· cited 114×
- Commonwealth v. BasemoreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-11-16· cited 91×
- Commonwealth v. BeasleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-18· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. FreySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-02-03· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. ChristySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-09-25· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-07-29· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. BakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-06-23· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. BeasleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-01-26· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. ForrestSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-09-25· cited 6×
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