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12 canonical passages across 8 cases, quoted by 490 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. Brandon.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commonwealth v. Brandon Anchor | green | “(1) interference by government officials in the presentation of the claim; (2) newly discovered facts; and (3) an after-recognized constitutional right.” | 113 |
| 2 | Commonwealth v. Busanet | green | “our scope of review is limited to the findings of the pcra court and the evidence of record, viewed in the light most favorable to the party who prevailed in the pcra court proceeding.” | 96 |
| 3 | Commonwealth v. Bomar, A., Aplt | green | “(1) the underlying claim has arguable merit; (2) no reasonable basis existed for counsel's action or failure to act; and (3) the petitioner suffered prejudice as a result of counsel's error, with prejudice measured by whether there is a reasonable probability that the result of …” | 56 |
| 4 | Commonwealth v. Busanet | green | “examining whether the pcra court's findings of fact are supported by the record, and whether its conclusions of law are free from legal error.” | 55 |
| 5 | Commonwealth v. Cooper | green | “that is, a reasonable probability that but for counsel's act or omission, the outcome of the proceeding would have been different.” | 43 |
| 6 | Commonwealth v. Busanet | green | “whether the pcra court's findings of fact are supported by the record, and whether its conclusions of law are free from legal error.” | 42 |
| 7 | Commonwealth v. Natividad | green | “appellants continue to bear the burden of pleading and proving each of the pierce elements on appeal to this court” | 27 |
| 8 | Commonwealth v. King | green | “(1) the underlying claim has arguable merit; (2) no reasonable basis existed for counsel's action or failure to act; and (3) the petitioner suffered prejudice as a result of counsel's error, with prejudice measured by whether there is a reasonable probability that the result of …” | 25 |
| 9 | Commonwealth v. Lewis | green | “without jurisdiction, we simply do not have the legal authority to address the substantive claims.” | 10 |
| 10 | Commonwealth v. Lewis | green | “legal authority to address any substantive claims.” | 10 |
| 11 | Commonwealth, Aplt v. Descares | green | “shall be the sole means of obtaining collateral relief and encompasses all other common law and statutory remedies for the same purpose . . . including habeas corpus” | 7 |
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.