Commonwealth v. Brown

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that a cruel and unusual punishment claim constitutes a challenge to the legality of sentence
• stating that claims pertaining to Miller go to the legality of the sentence
• noting that, in Commonwealth v. Peterson , 67 A.3d 789 (Pa. 2013
• noting that, in Commonwealth v. Peterson, 67 A.3d 789 (Pa. 2013
• stating “a claim that a sentence violates an individual’s right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment is a challenge to the legality of the sentence, rendering the claim unwaivable”
• stating “this Court has long held that a claim that a sentence violates an individual’s right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment is a challenge to the legality of the sentence, rendering the claim unwaivable”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Seskey
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-02-19· cited 157×
• Commonwealth v. Lawrence
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-27· cited 136×
• Garza v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2014-06-11· cited 85×
• Commonwealth v. Lankford
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-05-30· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Pal
  Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas· 2015-01-09· cited 1×
• State v. Wallette
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2025-11-05· cited 1×
• Garza, James
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2014-06-11

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Miller v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 2012-06-25· cited 6,816×
• Commonwealth v. DeJesus
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-10-21· cited 224×
• Commonwealth v. Batts
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-03-26· cited 222×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-04-21· cited 199×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-03-29· cited 181×
• Commonwealth v. Knox
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-07-16· cited 172×
• Commonwealth v. Lofton
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-12-07· cited 138×
• Commonwealth v. Washington
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-03-12· cited 129×
• Commonwealth v. Karns
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-07-27· cited 102×
• Commonwealth v. Yasipour
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-09-17· cited 66×
• Commonwealth v. Howard
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-04-28· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Peterson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-05-30· cited 7×