Commonwealth v. Becker

How courts have described this case

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

• “When the defendant is eligible for parole, the trial court’s decision to [deny or] grant parole is a discretionary act, and it is subject to appellate review under an abuse of discretion standard.” (citation omitted)
• affirming trial court’s order “denying [appellant’s] petition for immediate parole.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Beish
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-04-09· cited 7×
• Com. v. Raling, T.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-10-26· cited 2×

Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1985-07-01· cited 7,112×
• Gagnon v. Scarpelli
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 5,755×
• Meachum v. Fano
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-25· cited 3,743×
• Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional Complex
  Supreme Court· 1979-05-29· cited 3,299×
• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-29· cited 2,492×
• Whalen v. Roe
  Supreme Court· 1977-02-22· cited 1,722×
• United States v. Goodwin
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-18· cited 1,581×
• Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic
  Supreme Court· 1993-01-13· cited 871×
• New York City Transit Authority v. Beazer
  Supreme Court· 1979-03-26· cited 641×
• Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-20· cited 367×
• John H. Block v. Edwin Potter
  Third Circuit· 1980-09-30· cited 140×
• Rogers v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-01-22· cited 140×
• Small v. Horn
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-12-23· cited 136×
• Weaver v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-01-30· cited 134×
• Nixon v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-12-30· cited 100×
• Plowman v. COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-12-14· cited 75×
• Commonwealth v. Allburn
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-10-08· cited 55×
• Stewart v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-06-24· cited 30×
• McCaskill v. Philadelphia Housing Authority
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-10-21· cited 21×
• Commonwealth v. Romolini
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-04-14· cited 17×