Topic #235

7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 653 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. Nischan.

#	Case	Flag	Canonical passage	Citers
1	Commonwealth v. Nischan Anchor pasuperct · 2007	green	“(1) retain new counsel to pursue the appeal; (2) proceed pro se on appeal; or (3) raise any points that the appellant deems worthy of the court's attention in addition to the points raised by counsel in the anders brief.”	231
2	Commonwealth v. Flowers pasuperct · 2015	green	“conduct an independent review of the record to discern if there are any additional, non-frivolous issues overlooked by counsel.”	139
3	Commonwealth v. Millisock pasuperct · 2005	green	“attach to their petition to withdraw a copy of the letter sent to their client advising him or her of their rights.”	109
4	Commonwealth v. Rojas pasuperct · 2005	green	“when faced with a purported anders brief, this court may not review the merits of the underlying issues without first passing on the request to withdraw.”	102
5	Commonwealth v. Smith pasuperct · 1997	green	“when faced with a purported anders brief, this court may not review the merits of the underlying issues without first passing on the request to withdraw.”	35
6	Commonwealth v. Yorgey pasuperct · 2018	green	“conduct a review of the record to ascertain if on its face, there are non-frivolous issues that counsel, intentionally or not, missed or misstated.”	20

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.

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Topic #235