10 canonical passages across 9 cases, quoted by 232 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Commonwealth v. Rivera.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commonwealth v. Rivera Anchor | green | “the burden of demonstrating ineffectiveness rests on the appellant.” | 59 |
| 2 | Commonwealth v. Anderson | green | “this court grants great deference to the findings of the pcra court if the record contains any support for those findings.” | 45 |
| 3 | Commonwealth v. Koehler | green | “that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's error or omission, the result of the proceeding would have been different.” | 36 |
| 4 | Commonwealth v. Anderson | green | “further, the pcra court's credibility determinations are binding on this court, where there is record support for those determinations.” | 26 |
| 5 | Commonwealth v. Johnson | green | “where an appellate brief fails to provide any discussion of a claim with citation to relevant authority, or fails to develop the issue in any other meaningful fashion capable of review, that claim is waived.” | 25 |
| 6 | Commonwealth v. Loner | green | “counsel cannot be deemed ineffective for failing to pursue a meritless claim.” | 21 |
| 7 | Commonwealth v. Sepulveda, M., Aplt. | green | “(1) the evidence has been discovered after trial and it could not have been obtained at or prior to trial through reasonable diligence; (2) the evidence is not cumulative; (3) it is not being used solely to impeach credibility; and (4) it would likely compel a different verdict.” | 7 |
| 8 | Commonwealth v. Eichinger, J., Aplt | green | “if a petitioner fails to satisfy any prong of the ineffectiveness inquiry, a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel will be rejected.” | 6 |
| 9 | Com. v. Urwin, R. | green | “whether the facts rise to the level of arguable merit is a legal determination.” | 4 |
| 10 | Commonwealth v. Rivera, W., Aplt. | green | “counsel cannot be deemed ineffective for failing to pursue a meritless claim.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.