7 Pennsylvania opinions name it 2 courts 1987–2016 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Pennsylvania courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Commonwealth v. Colesgreen2 sentences2014See Commonwealth v. Coles, 365 Pa.Super. 562 , 530 A.2d 453 (Pa.Super.1987) (holding that the benefit of the bargain principle commonly applied to the prosecution is also equally applicable to the defendant and imparts upon him the obligation to abide by the negotiated terms of his sentence). 2014See Commonwealth v. Coles, 365 Pa.Super. 562 , 530 A.2d 453 (Pa.Super.1987) (holding that the benefit of the bargain principle commonly applied to the prosecution is also equally applicable to the defendant and imparts upon him the obligation to abide by the negotiated terms of his sentence). | 4 | 4 |
cluster 487846green1 sentence2016Id. at 1545 (italics in original). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Tanngreen1 sentence2014See Commonwealth v. Coles, 530 A.2d 453 (Pa. Super. 1987) (holding that the benefit of the bargain principle commonly applied to the prosecution is also equally applicable to the defendant and imparts upon him the obligation to abide by the negotiated terms of his sentence). [Wallace] at 843 n.6[; s]ee also Commonwealth v. Tann, 79 A.3d 1130, 1133 (Pa. Super. 2013) (citing Wallace for the proposition that once defendant violated the terms of his probation, he “forfeited the benefit of the expectations that induced his plea[]”). [Partee] does not address the Commonwealth's argument or the legal | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Pennsylvania. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Commonwealth v. Williams
green
2 sentences2015In Melvin Williams, this Court opined that the benefit of the bargain principle could apply to “those situations where the Commonwealth promises - 19 - J-S39013-15 to ask for a specific sentence and then in violation of that promise asks for a more severe sentence which is in fact given.” Melvin Williams, supra at 1234 . 2015Hence, unlike Melvin Williams, the “implementation of the ‘benefit of the bargain’ principle can be done with certainty and fairness.” Id. | 2 | 1987–2015 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.