Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 3/23/1995
Commonwealth v. Carter
Citations
- 656 A.2d 463
- 540 Pa. 135
- 1995 Pa. LEXIS 176
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- noting that a defendant must be advised that sentences can be run consecutively and no prejudice occurs when the trial court’s sentence does not exceed the defendant’s expectations of imprisonment
- Carter’s plea knowing and voluntary were, even though he was not told sentences could run consecutively, he was informed of maximum sentence for each count and his sentence was less than the maximum
- where defendant’s aggregate penalty did not exceed the maximum single-count sentence of which he was aware when he pled nolo contendere, -4- J-S03035-15 he was not prejudiced by the lack of accurate advice regarding his potential maximum sentence
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Judges: Nix, C.J., and Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille and Montemuro
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12 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. RathfonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-05-09· cited 197×
- Commonwealth v. OrlandoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-02-28· cited 131×
- Commonwealth v. HodgesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-01-03· cited 122×
- Commonwealth v. BroadenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-08-03· cited 117×
- Commonwealth v. LewisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-03-02· cited 84×
- Commonwealth v. BarbosaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-02-26· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. PattersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-06-29· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. WarrenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-01-29· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. LenhoffSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-03-28· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-07-15· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. DiehlSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-01-25· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. KeenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-06-25
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-09· cited 2,071×
- Commonwealth v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-02· cited 207×
- Commonwealth v. ShafferSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-17· cited 174×
- Commonwealth v. PersingerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-11-10· cited 110×
- Commonwealth v. WillisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 109×
- Commonwealth v. KulpSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. McBeeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-12-10· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. SuttonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-28· cited 10×
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