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8 Pennsylvania opinions name it 2 courts 1975–2023 2 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Pennsylvania courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Commonwealth v. Boydgreen2 sentences2023Counsel’s advice to waive a jury trial can be the source of a valid claim of ineffective assistance of counsel only when 1) counsel interferes with his client’s freedom to decide to waive a jury trial... or 2) appellant can point to specific advice of counsel so unreasonable as to vitiate the knowing and intelligent waiver of his right.” Commonwealth v. Boyd, 334 A.2d 610, 616-617 (Pa. 1975) (quoting Commonwealth v. Stokes, 299 A.2d 272 , 276 n.1 (Pa. 1973). 1983In Commonwealth v. Boyd, 461 Pa. at 30 , 334 A.2d at 617 our Supreme Court said, Counsel’s advice to waive a jury trial can be the source of a valid claim of ineffective assistance of counsel only when 1) counsel interferes with his client’s freedom to decide to waive a jury trial, cf. Commonwealth v. Stokes, supra, or 2) appellant can point to specific advice of counsel so unreasonable as to vitiate the knowing and intelligent waiver of the right. | 2 | 4 |
Commonwealth v. Hooksgreen1 sentence2023“Counsel's advice to waive a jury trial can be the source of a valid claim of ineffective assistance of counsel only when [] counsel interferes with his client's freedom to decide to waive a jury trial [or when a defendant] can point to specific advice of counsel so unreasonable as to vitiate the knowing and intelligent waiver of his right.” See Commonwealth v. Hooks, 394 A.2d 528, 532 (Pa. 1978). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Pennsylvania. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Commonwealth v. Stokes
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2 sentences2023Counsel’s advice to waive a jury trial can be the source of a valid claim of ineffective assistance of counsel only when 1) counsel interferes with his client’s freedom to decide to waive a jury trial... or 2) appellant can point to specific advice of counsel so unreasonable as to vitiate the knowing and intelligent waiver of his right.” Commonwealth v. Boyd, 334 A.2d 610, 616-617 (Pa. 1975) (quoting Commonwealth v. Stokes, 299 A.2d 272 , 276 n.1 (Pa. 1973). 2019Counsel’s advice to waive a jury trial can be the source of a valid claim of ineffective assistance of counsel only when 1) counsel interferes with his client’s freedom to decide to waive a jury trial, cf. Commonwealth v. Stokes, supra, or 2) appellant can point to specific advice of counsel so unreasonable as to vitiate the knowing and intelligent waiver of the right. | 4 | 1975–2023 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.