5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 92 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 failure to prove any one of the three ineffectiveness prongs results in the failure of petitioner's claim.” | 37 |
| 2 | Commonwealth v. Ousley | green | “(1) that the underlying claim has merit; (2) counsel had no reasonable strategic basis for his or her action or inaction; and (3) but for the errors or omissions of counsel, there is a reasonable probability that the outcome of the proceedings would have been different.” | 19 |
| 3 | Commonwealth v. Ousley | green | “is limited to examining whether the court's determination is supported by the evidence of record and whether it is free of legal error.” | 18 |
| 4 | Commonwealth v. Anderson | green | “affirmatively demonstrate the defendant understood what the plea connoted and its consequences.” | 12 |
| 5 | Commonwealth v. Lewis | green | “it is presumed that he was aware of what he was doing, and the burden of proving involuntariness is upon him.” | 6 |
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.