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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 70 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. Carter.

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1 Commonwealth v. Carter Anchor
pasuperct · 2011
green “great deference is granted to the findings of the pcra court, and these findings will not be disturbed unless they have no support in the certified record.” 42
2 Commonwealth v. Spotz
pa · 2011
green “an alternative not chosen offered a potential for success substantially greater than the course actually pursued.” 16
3 Commonwealth v. Keaton
pa · 2012
green “failure to establish any prong of the test will defeat an ineffectiveness claim.” 12

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