Commonwealth v. Boyer

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming aggregate sentence of 26 to 100 years of imprisonment for ten robbery and related convictions where court oonsidered presentence report and the particular circumstances of the crimes
• substantial claim raised where \the trial court imposed a manifestly excessive sentence and focused solely on the serious nature of the crimes he committed\
• substantial claim raised where “the trial court imposed a manifestly excessive sentence and focused solely on the serious nature of the crimes he committed”
• substantial claim raised where the trial court imposed a manifestly excessive sentence and focused solely on the serious nature of the crimes [defendant] committed
• focusing on nature of crime in sentencing raises substantial question
• “[W]here the sentencing judge had the benefit of a presentence investigation report, it will be presumed that he or she was aware of the relevant information regarding the defendant's character and weighed those considerations along with mitigating statutory factors.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Shugars
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-03-24· cited 480×
• Commonwealth v. G.D.M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-06-07· cited 115×
• Commonwealth v. Lawrence
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-10-31· cited 55×
• Commonwealth v. Boyer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-12-10· cited 27×
• Com. v. Cravener, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-08-08· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Stockbauer
  Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas· 2009-07-23

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Grant
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-31· cited 1,205×
• Commonwealth v. Clair
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 732×
• Commonwealth v. Boyer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-08-03· cited 218×
• Commonwealth v. Bryant
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-08-18· cited 200×
• Commonwealth v. Tervalon
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 122×
• Bisaccia, Robert v. The Attorney General of the State of New Jersey
  Third Circuit· 1980-06-12· cited 119×
• Commonwealth v. Wallace
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-07-05· cited 93×
• United States v. Charles W. Lewis
  D.C. Circuit· 1982-11-12· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-06-28· cited 31×
• Commonwealth v. Geho
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-27· cited 20×