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6 Pennsylvania opinions name it 3 courts 1944–2025 1 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. Jonesgreen2 sentences2010See Commonwealth v. Jones, 942 A.2d 903 (Pa.Super.2008) (affirming a sentence of 80 to 160 years’ imprisonment where the appellant was found guilty of three counts of burglary, two counts of rape, two counts of aggravated indecent assault, two counts of robbery, and one count of simple assault which resulted from three separate home invasions where, in each instance, an elderly woman was robbed and sexually assaulted). ¶ 16 Given the above, we conclude that appellant has not raised a substantial question that the sentence imposed was inappropriate or contrary to a fundamental norm underlying t 2010See Commonwealth v. Jones, 942 A.2d 903 (Pa.Super.2008) (affirming a sentence of 80 to 160 years’ imprisonment where the appellant was found guilty of three counts of burglary, two counts of rape, two counts of aggravated indecent assault, two counts of robbery, and one count of simple assault which resulted from three separate home invasions where, in each instance, an elderly woman was robbed and sexually assaulted). | 2 | 2 |
Ward v. Village of Monroevillegreen1 sentence2025This is not simply a requirement of the Ordinance; it implicates principles of due process as well, which require a “neutral and detached judge in the first instance.” Perroz v. Fox Chapel Borough, 143 A.3d 520, 533 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2016) [quoting Ward v. Vill. of Monroeville, 409 U.S. 57, 62 (1972)]. | 1 | 1 |
W.J. Perroz v. Fox Chapel Boroughgreen1 sentence2025This is not simply a requirement of the Ordinance; it implicates principles of due process as well, which require a “neutral and detached judge in the first instance.” Perroz v. Fox Chapel Borough, 143 A.3d 520, 533 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2016) [quoting Ward v. Vill. of Monroeville, 409 U.S. 57, 62 (1972)]. | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Robinsongreen1 sentence2014See Commonwealth v. Robinson, 931 A.2d 15, 21 (Pa. Super. 2007) (providing that challenges to the legality of a sentence involve the authority of the court to impose a simply the claim that the information was improperly amended, and that he should only have been sentenced on one count of persons not to possess firearms because only one count was included in the original information. 5 As discussed above, his challenge to the amendment of the information is meritless. | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Pennsylvania. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Linkletter v. Walker
red
2 sentences1977In approving the applica *192 tion of Mwpp to cases not yet final, the Court simply applied the principle of Schooner Peggy: 35 “Under our cases it appears . . . that a change in law will be given effect while a case is on direct review, Schooner Peggy, supra.” 881 U.S. at 626, 85 S.Ct. at 1736 . 1977Moreover, the Court recognized that the principle enunciated in Schooner Peggy made “no distinction . . . between civil and criminal litigation.” Id. | 1 | 1977–1977 |
Delaurentiis's Estate
green
1 sentence1944DeLaurentiis' Estate, 323 Pa. 70 , 186 A. 359 , cited by the majority, in no way conflicts with the views I have here expressed. | 1 | 1944–1944 |
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.