Commonwealth v. Garcia-Rivera

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that a trial court’s alleged failure to state on the record its reasons for deviating from the guidelines presents a substantial question
• stating that the sentencing court must demonstrate that it understands the guideline ranges and place on the record its reasons for deviating from the guidelines
• stating that a challenge to the sentencing court’s imposition of a sentence outside of the sentencing guidelines is a challenge to the discretionary aspects of the sentence
• allegation that trial court failed to state reasons for deviating from guidelines presents substantial question
• “[A] claim the trial court failed to state its reasons for deviating from the guidelines presents a substantial question for review.”
• “claim the trial court failed to state its reasons for deviating from the guidelines” raises a substantial question

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Mitchell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-12-18· cited 61×
• Com. v. Snyder, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-02-07· cited 38×
• Commonwealth v. Holmes
  Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-07-16

Cites

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

• Commonwealth v. Tuladziecki
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-10· cited 739×
• Commonwealth v. Shugars
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-03-24· cited 480×
• Commonwealth v. McAfee
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-04-27· cited 442×
• Commonwealth v. Berry
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-06-13· cited 245×
• Commonwealth v. Hoch
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-10-23· cited 180×
• Commonwealth v. Bullock
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-12-27· cited 110×
• Commonwealth v. Frisbie
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-18· cited 95×
• Commonwealth v. Bullock
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-01-14· cited 85×
• Commonwealth v. Royer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-27· cited 83×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-10-16· cited 60×
• Commonwealth v. Felix
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-03-14· cited 51×
• Commonwealth v. Impellizzeri
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-06-12· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. Frazier
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-10-25· cited 48×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-04-15· cited 44×
• Com. v. Bryant
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-01-11· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Byrd
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-04-11· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Wagner
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-11-13· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Childs
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-08-10· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Lipinski
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-01-07· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Zaengle
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-08-10· cited 15×