7 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 47 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. Diamond.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commonwealth v. Diamond Anchor | green | “issues relating to the legality of a sentence are questions of law....” | 11 |
| 2 | Com. v. GIANQUITTO-CANNON | green | “standard of review is de novo and our scope of review is plenary.” | 8 |
| 3 | Commonwealth v. Catt | green | “a claim that implicates the fundamental legal authority of the court to impose a particular sentence constitutes a challenge to the legality of the sentence.” | 8 |
| 4 | Commonwealth v. Vasquez | green | “when a trial court imposes a sentence outside of the legal parameters prescribed by the applicable statute, the sentence is illegal and should be remanded for correction.” | 7 |
| 5 | Commonwealth v. Diamond | green | “standard of review over such questions is de novo and our scope of review is plenary.” | 5 |
| 6 | Com. v. GIANQUITTO-CANNON | green | “standard of review over such questions is de novo and our scope of review is plenary.” | 4 |
| 7 | Commonwealth v. Vasquez | green | “imposes a sentence outside of the legal parameters prescribed by the applicable statute, the sentence is illegal and should be remanded for correction.” | 4 |
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.