Commonwealth v. Ellsworth

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that the power to change sentences “is vested with the sentencing court,” which can amend clerical errors or patent and obvious mistakes beyond the statutory deadline for sentence modifications
• stating, “a defendant is not entitled to receive credit against more than one sentence for the same time served”, i.e., double credit
• stating, “a defendant is not entitled to receive credit against more than one sentence for the same time served, i.e., double credit
• stating, “a defendant is not entitled to receive credit against more than one sentence for the same time served.” (citations, internal quotation marks, and brackets omitted)
• “This Court has held that a defendant is not entitled to ‘receiv[e] credit against more than one sentence for the same time served.’”
• “This Court has held that a defendant is not entitled to receiv[e] credit against more than one sentence for the same time served.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Fill
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-01-04· cited 20×
• Com. v. Lamont, C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-01-09· cited 14×
• Com. v. Blair, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-03-31· cited 11×
• Com. v. Thompson, E.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-03-13· cited 1×
• Com. v. Rue, A.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-02-29

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Borrin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-01-11· cited 75×
• Commonwealth v. Mann
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-09-17· cited 69×
• Commonwealth v. Merigris
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-08-01· cited 43×
• Jones v. Department of Corrections
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-09-24· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Lloyd
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-03-21· cited 6×