Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 4/26/1985
Commonwealth v. Godsey
Citations
- 492 A.2d 44
- 342 Pa. Super. 24
- 1985 Pa. Super. LEXIS 7260
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- any doubt in construing a penal statute must be resolved in favor of the accused
- § 3731(e)(2) applies prospectively; only ARD cases subsequent to the effective date of the statute — January 14, 1983 — are equivalent to a conviction for purposes of computing the penalty on subsequent convictions
- referring to sentence as mandatory
- referring to sentence as mandatory
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Judges: Tamilia, Lipez, Bucher
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12 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. PlegerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-10-09· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. FultonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-04-09· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. ScheinertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-12-11· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. TustinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-11-15· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. PryorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-09-27· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. WatersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-03· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. PottsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-04-15· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. WagnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-04-14· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. RichardsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-06-25· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. StewartSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-05-16· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. RuttleMontgomery County Court of Common Pleas· 1989-02-03
- Commonwealth v. O'BrienDelaware County Court of Common Pleas· 2005-04-13
Cites
6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
- Commonwealth v. HernandezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-02-01· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. DarushSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-12· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. GradySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-28· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. AshfordSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-01-19· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. FrostSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-05-03· cited 13×
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