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6 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 226 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. Edmiston.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commonwealth v. Edmiston Anchor | yellow | “on appeal from the denial of pcra relief, our standard and scope of review is limited to determining whether the pcra court's findings are supported by the record and without legal error.” | 81 |
| 2 | Commonwealth v. Spotz | green | “the pcra court's credibility determinations, when supported by the record, are binding on this court.” | 53 |
| 3 | Commonwealth v. Spotz | green | “however, this court applies a de novo standard of review to the pcra court's legal conclusions.” | 35 |
| 4 | Commonwealth v. Tharp | green | “a court is not required to analyze the elements of an ineffectiveness claim in any particular order of priority; instead, if a claim fails under any necessary element of the ineffectiveness test, the court may proceed to that element first.” | 23 |
| 5 | Commonwealth v. Medina | green | “the pcra court's credibility determinations, when supported by the record, are binding on this court.” | 20 |
| 6 | Commonwealth v. Medina | green | “however, this court applies a de novo standard of review to the pcra court's legal conclusions.” | 14 |
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.