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6 Pennsylvania opinions name it 2 courts 1985–2025 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 sentences2025“Where an appellant merely claims . . . that his decision was a strategic error, and can point to no specific incidents of counsel impropriety, he must bear the responsibility for that decision and cannot shift the blame to counsel.” Boyd, 334 A.2d at 617 (internal citation omitted). 2019See, Commonwealth v. Boyd[,] 334 A.2d 610, 617 (Pa. 1975). | 2 | 3 |
Commonwealth v. Martingreen1 sentence2020Commonwealth v. Martin, 499 A.2d 344, 351 (Pa. Super. 1985) (citations omitted). | 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
green
2 sentences2023“Where an appellant merely claims, as in the present case, that his decision was a strategic error, and can point to no specific incidents of counsel impropriety, he must bear the responsibility for that decision and cannot shift the blame to counsel.” Id. 1985Id. 461 Pa. at 30 , 334 A.2d at 617 . | 2 | 1985–2023 |
Commonwealth v. Brown
green
2 sentences2025In Commonwealth v. Brown, 477 A.2d 1364 (Pa. Super. 1984), Ernest Brown (“Brown”) argued that his trial attorney rendered ineffective assistance by “failing to request recusal of the trial judge since the trial judge ruled against [Brown] at the suppression hearing and was aware that [Brown] had initially intended to plead guilty.” Id. at 1367 . 2025In Commonwealth v. Brown, 477 A.2d 1364 (Pa. Super. 1984), Ernest Brown (“Brown”) argued that his trial attorney rendered ineffective assistance by “failing to request recusal of the trial judge since the trial judge ruled against [Brown] at the suppression hearing and was aware that [Brown] had initially intended to plead guilty.” Id. at 1367 . | 1 | 2025–2025 |
Devine v. Hutt
green
1 sentence2017This Court applied Harber in the context of a statute of limitations defense in Devine v. Hutt, 863 A.2d 1160 (Pa. Super. 2004). | 1 | 2017–2017 |
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.