Commonwealth v. Spotz

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that a claim that has been previously litigated is not cognizable under the PCRA
• finding “one sentence does not constitute a developed, reasoned, supported, or even intelligible argument”; “matter is waived for lack of development”
• finding “one sentence does not constitute a developed, reasoned, supported, or even intelligible argument”; “matter is waived for lack of development”
• “[C]ounsel cannot argue his or her own ineffectiveness[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

113 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Commonwealth v. Spotz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-01-17· cited 986×
• Commonwealth v. Ford
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-05-08· cited 887×
• Commonwealth v. Holmes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-10-30· cited 731×
• Commonwealth v. Mason, L., Aplt
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-12-29· cited 619×
• Commonwealth v. Henkel
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-04-11· cited 554×
• Commonwealth v. Chmiel
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-11-09· cited 553×
• Commonwealth v. Roney
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-10-30· cited 496×
• In Re: Adoption of: L.B.M., A Minor
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-03-28· cited 468×
• Commonwealth v. Blakeney
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-29· cited 395×
• Commonwealth v. Reyes-Rodriguez
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-03-11· cited 362×
• In re Reno
  California Supreme Court· 2012-08-30· cited 330×
• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-10-17· cited 303×
• Commonwealth v. Sanchez
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-12-21· cited 300×
• Commonwealth v. Batts, Q., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-06-26· cited 293×
• Commonwealth v. Sanchez
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-12-17· cited 272×
• Commonwealth v. Wholaver, E., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-01-11· cited 267×
• Commonwealth v. Spotz, M., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-10-18· cited 262×
• Commonwealth v. Medina
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-05-28· cited 250×
• In the Interest of R.D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-04-10· cited 232×
• Ernest Porter v. Pennsylvania Department of Cor
  Third Circuit· 2020-09-01· cited 218×

Cites

122 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×
• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• Kyles v. Whitley
  Supreme Court· 1995-04-19· cited 6,003×
• Chambers v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1973-02-21· cited 5,756×
• Atkins v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-20· cited 3,384×
• Eddings v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1982-01-19· cited 3,271×
• Commonwealth v. Pierce
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-09· cited 2,071×
• Weatherford v. Bursey
  Supreme Court· 1977-02-22· cited 1,807×
• United States v. DiFrancesco
  Supreme Court· 1980-12-09· cited 1,657×
• Skipper v. South Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-29· cited 1,534×
• Mills v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-06· cited 1,392×
• Simmons v. South Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-17· cited 1,326×
• Greer v. Miller
  Supreme Court· 1987-09-21· cited 1,215×
• Commonwealth v. Grant
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-31· cited 1,205×
• Indiana v. Edwards
  Supreme Court· 2008-06-19· cited 1,118×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-03-18· cited 958×
• Commonwealth v. Hubbard
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 854×
• Commonwealth v. Ali
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-12-29· cited 675×
• United States v. Robinson
  Supreme Court· 1988-02-24· cited 647×