Commonwealth v. Daniel

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that \the term 'unreasonable' generally means a decision that is either irrational or not guided by sound judgment\
• holding trial court’s reasons did not justify 11½ – 23 month sentence for aggravated assault
• holding the Commonwealth’s allegations, inter alia, that a sentence “was unreasonably lenient, was dependent upon improper factors…, [and] disregarded the serious nature of the offenses,” posed a substantial question for review
• holding the Commonwealth's allegations, inter alia, that a sentence “was unreasonably lenient, was dependent upon improper factors ..., [and] disregarded the serious nature of the offenses,” posed a substantial question for review
• concluding sentencing court's failure to take into account the extremely serious nature and circumstances of the offenses and the defendant's failure to accept responsibility in fashioning a sentence that was a downward departure from the guidelines was irrational and unsound
• allegation that court unreasonably sentenced outside guidelines raises substantial question

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Leatherby
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-04-21· cited 362×
• Commonwealth v. McCain
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-12-04· cited 37×
• Com. v. Campbell, Q.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-10-20

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Walls
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-07-17· cited 918×
• Commonwealth v. Simpson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-07-11· cited 124×
• Commonwealth v. P.L.S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-02-02· cited 124×
• Commonwealth v. Wilson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-04-04· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Cleveland
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-07-01· cited 4×