Commonwealth v. Clark

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that those who have been wrongfully detained for invalid charges may not generally apply that time to unrelated sentences
• stating that “[c]redit is not given … for a commitment by reason of a separate and distinct offense.”
• noting that those who have been wrongfully detained for invalid charges may not generally apply that time to unrelated sentences
• stating, “[a] challenge to a trial court’s failure to award credit for time-served in custody implicates the legality, not the discretionary, aspects of sentencing and is, therefore, appealable as of right.”
• same; crediting a sentence with time attributable to an unrelated charge was generally prohibited

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Infante
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-03-06· cited 262×
• Commonwealth v. Richard
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-11-15· cited 83×
• Com. v. Dixon, W., II
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-05-01· cited 43×
• Com. v. Lamont, C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-01-09· cited 14×
• Com. v. Saunders, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-01-10· cited 10×
• Johnson v. Murray
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-12-08· cited 4×
• Com. v. Saunders, T.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-01-17
• Com. v. Rue, A.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-02-29
• Com. v. Devine, N.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-10-29

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Martin v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-12-30· cited 239×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-03-23· cited 62×
• Commonwealth v. Davis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-06-14· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. Miller
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-02-22· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Newton
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-04-26· cited 11×