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6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 53 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. Treiber, S., Aplt.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commonwealth v. Treiber, S., Aplt Anchor | green | “counsel cannot be deemed ineffective for failing to raise a meritless claim.” | 18 |
| 2 | Thorson, J. v. EDDW, LLC | green | “bradley did not guarantee a pcra petitioner substantive review of claims of pcra counsel's ineffectiveness, nor did it create an absolute right to remand for development of those claims.” | 11 |
| 3 | Commonwealth v. King | green | “to demonstrate prejudice, the petitioner must show that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.” | 7 |
| 4 | Commonwealth v. Smith | green | “the defendant bears the burden of demonstrating that the commonwealth withheld or suppressed evidence.” | 6 |
| 5 | Commonwealth v. Simpson | green | “brady evidence may not be cumulative of other evidence, cannot have been equally available to the defense, and cannot have been discoverable through the exercise of reasonable diligence.” | 6 |
| 6 | Thorson, J. v. EDDW, LLC | green | “the failure to satisfy any prong of the test for ineffectiveness will cause the claim to fail.” | 5 |
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.