Commonwealth v. Diamond

How courts have described this case

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• granting relief on properly-preserved discretionary aspect claim that the sentence was based upon incorrect application of the guidelines
• granting relief on properly- preserved discretionary aspect claim that the sentence was based upon incorrect application of the guidelines
• stating, generally, that a challenge to the application of a mandatory minimum sentence is a non- waivable challenge to the legality of sentence
• “[T]he sentencing court must correctly apply the [S]entencing [G]uidelines to reach the correct point of departure, before exercising its discretion to depart from the [G]uidelines in any particular case. These rules apply to the deadly weapons enhancement.”
• “[T]he sentencing court must correctly apply the [S]entencing [G]uidelines to reach the correct point of departure, before exercising its discretion to depart from the [G]uidelines in any particular case. These rules apply to the deadly weapons enhancement.”
• “[T]he sentencing court must correctly apply the (Footnote Continued Next Page

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Cited by

26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Commonwealth v. Hopkins
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-05-20· cited 268×
• Commonwealth v. Infante
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-03-06· cited 262×
• Commonwealth v. Janda
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-02-10· cited 120×
• Commonwealth v. Shull
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-09-13· cited 117×
• Commonwealth v. Brougher
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-07-13· cited 110×
• Commonwealth v. Foster
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-10-22· cited 97×
• Commonwealth v. Ramos
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-10-10· cited 54×
• Commonwealth v. Kneller
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-07-14· cited 51×
• Commonwealth v. Rodriguez
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-11-22· cited 49×
• In the Interest of C.A.G.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-04-09· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Felder
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-08-30· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Dixon
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-05-10· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Mendozajr
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-07-23· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Catt
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-05-10· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Gutierrez
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-03-30· cited 31×
• Commonwealth v. Hughes
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-12-14· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Melius
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-09-19· cited 24×
• Com. v. Gurung, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-09-17· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Madeira
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-09-14· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. McKibben
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-07-14· cited 11×