Commonwealth v. Ballance

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that legality of sentence is always subject to review within the PCRA providing the court has jurisdiction, which is tied to the filing of a timely petition
• stating that “no court has jurisdiction to hear an untimely PCRA petition” (citation omitted and emphasis omitted)
• stating that “no court has jurisdiction to hear an untimely PCRA petition” (citation and emphasis omitted)
• stating that “no court has jurisdiction to hear an untimely PCRA petition” (citation and emphasis omitted)
• noting that a timely post-sentence motion will -8- J-S18041-24 toll the thirty-day appeal period until the disposition of the motion
• stating that “no court has jurisdiction to hear an untimely PCRA petition” (citation omitted and emphasis omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Com. v. Vinson, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-04-14· cited 49×
• Com. v. Smith, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-12-21· cited 48×
• Com. v. Pridgen, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-10-24· cited 36×
• Com. v. Mickeals, I.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-04-16· cited 2×
• Com. v. Thomas, L., II
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-06-30
• Com. v. Cruz, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-03-12

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Walker, T.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-06-01· cited 1,340×
• Commonwealth v. Bennett
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-08-23· cited 1,230×
• Commonwealth v. Gamboa-Taylor
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-06-19· cited 603×
• Commonwealth v. Robinson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-10-22· cited 552×
• Commonwealth v. Hackett
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-09-26· cited 329×
• Commonwealth v. Infante
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-03-06· cited 262×
• Commonwealth v. Dreves
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-12-23· cited 231×
• Commonwealth v. Hutchins
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-09-13· cited 212×
• Commonwealth v. Hall
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-05-22· cited 197×
• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-03-26· cited 117×
• Commonwealth v. Laird
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-12-17· cited 14×