Commonwealth v. Flowers

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a claim that the trial court failed to set forth adequate reasons for the sentence imposed raises a substantial question
• noting that an appellant raises “a substantial question for our review by asserting that the trial court failed to state adequate reasons on the record for [an a]ppellant’s sentence.”
• stating that “it is not sufficient for the trial court to state its reasons in a post-sentence Rule 1925(a) opinion.”
• stating that a “claim that sentencing court failed to state adequate reasons for sentence imposed presents substantial question regarding appropriateness of sentence” (citation omitted)
• stating that an argument that the trial court failed to state adequate reasons on the record for its sentence raises a substantial question
• finding that a misstatement of the time period for filing an appeal constituted a breakdown in the operation of the court which excused late filing

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Com. v. Stansbury, K.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-09-05· cited 300×
• Com. v. Summers, B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-01-21· cited 92×
• Com. v. Beatty, B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-02-04· cited 50×
• Commonwealth v. Hutchison
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-05-22· cited 49×
• Com. v. Goodco Mechanical, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-02-28· cited 20×
• Com. v. Larkin, R.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-07-09
• Commonwealth v. Lopez, A., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-08-16

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Commonwealth v. Cartrette
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-12-24· cited 1,101×
• Commonwealth v. Tuladziecki
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-10· cited 739×
• Commonwealth v. Crump
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-05-28· cited 482×
• Commonwealth v. Riggins
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-08-17· cited 471×
• Commonwealth v. Colon
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-10-24· cited 398×
• Commonwealth v. Reaves
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-05-31· cited 311×
• Commonwealth v. Coolbaugh
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-03-09· cited 234×
• Commonwealth v. Edwards
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-06-12· cited 216×
• Commonwealth v. Parlante
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-04-30· cited 123×
• Commonwealth v. Burns
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-12-31· cited 78×
• Commonwealth v. Kuykendall
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-06-30· cited 69×
• Commonwealth v. Gambal
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-06-29· cited 58×
• Commonwealth v. Hill
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-07-09· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Preacher
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-06-24· cited 38×
• Commonwealth v. Coleman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-11-24· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Beasley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-03-08· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Harper
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-01-11· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Harris
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-11· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Giles
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-08-13· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Mazzetti
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-11-18· cited 11×