Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 4/26/2012
Commonwealth v. Thomas
Citations
- 44 A.3d 12
- 615 Pa. 477
- 2012 WL 1434877
- 2012 Pa. LEXIS 983
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- stating that a failure to satisfy any of the three prongs of the ineffectiveness test requires rejection of an ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim
- stating that a failure to satisfy any of the three prongs of the ineffectiveness test requires rejection of an ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim, which requires rejection of a layered claim of ineffective assistance of counsel
- stating that a failure to satisfy any of the three prongs of the ineffectiveness test requires rejection of an ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim, which requires rejection of a layered claim of ineffective assistance of counsel
- “Generally, where matters of strategy and tactics are concerned, counsel’s assistance is deemed constitutionally effective if he chose a particular course that had some reasonable basis designed to effectuate his client’s interests.”
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Judges: Castille, Saylor, Eakin, Baer, Todd, McCaffery, Melvin
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Cites
39 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court· 1972-06-22· cited 12,108×
- Pennsylvania v. FinleySupreme Court· 1987-05-18· cited 3,807×
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-09· cited 2,071×
- Commonwealth v. GrantSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-31· cited 1,205×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-03-18· cited 958×
- Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 854×
- Pollard v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1957-02-25· cited 744×
- Commonwealth v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-07-18· cited 593×
- Commonwealth v. ChmielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-12-29· cited 431×
- Commonwealth v. McGillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-09-29· cited 412×
- Commonwealth v. LeskoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-02-24· cited 398×
- Commonwealth v. TedfordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-11-19· cited 325×
- Commonwealth v. CollinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-12-27· cited 322×
- Commonwealth v. CollinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-10-21· cited 295×
- Commonwealth v. SteeleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-12-18· cited 284×
- Commonwealth v. DurstSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-05-30· cited 206×
- Commonwealth v. PuksarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-07-22· cited 159×
- Commonwealth v. PoundsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-03· cited 144×
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