Commonwealth v. Aikens

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that if the underlying offense is IDSI with a minor, the maximum is increased from seven to twenty years of imprisonment
• where sentencing court would have to guess at which offense defendant sought to commit under section 6318, “[w]e cannot countenance that result.”
• “[T]he proper grading of an offense pertains to the legality of the sentence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Weimer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-07-07· cited 86×
• Com. of Pa. v. Gibbs
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-03-19· cited 65×
• Commonwealth v. Aikens, M., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-08-22· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Libengood
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-12-16· cited 16×
• Com. v. Saunders, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-01-10· cited 10×
• Com. v. Lua, A., Jr.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-02-21

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Apprendi v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-26· cited 28,372×
• United States v. DiFrancesco
  Supreme Court· 1980-12-09· cited 1,657×
• Commonwealth v. Treiber, S., Aplt
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-08-17· cited 629×
• Commonwealth v. Natividad
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-12-27· cited 251×
• Commonwealth v. Cardwell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-11-25· cited 153×
• Commonwealth v. BOROVICHKA
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-04-27· cited 138×
• Commonwealth v. Akbar
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-04-30· cited 131×
• Commonwealth v. Dickson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-03-29· cited 125×
• Commonwealth v. Booth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-02-20· cited 113×
• Commonwealth v. Magliocco
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-09-28· cited 108×
• Commonwealth v. Rivera
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-07-03· cited 89×
• Commonwealth v. D.M.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-05-21· cited 58×
• Commonwealth v. Sloan
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-09-27· cited 53×
• Commonwealth v. Reed
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-12-21· cited 45×
• Commonwealth v. Hoke
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-01-22· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Coto
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-08-27· cited 16×