Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/27/2013
Commonwealth v. Hanson
Citations
- 82 A.3d 1023
- 623 Pa. 388
- 2013 Pa. LEXIS 3264
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that “the closer a firearm is found to contraband, the stronger the inference of their association” to establish constructive control
- discussing at length the meaning of “in close proximity” as it is used in 42 Pa.C.S. § 9712.1
- interpreting 42 Pa.C.S. § 9712.1, prior to it being declared unconstitutional under Alleyne v. United States, 570 U.S. 99 (2013), in Commonwealth v. Newman, 99 A.3d 86, 98 (Pa. Super. 2014)
- applying the rule of lenity grounded on 1 Pa.C.S. § 1928(b)(1)
- prior to Alleyne, state legislatures were free to delegate fact-finding authority to sentencing judges relative to mandatory minimum sentences; however, Alleyne overruled those decisions on this salient point
- applying the rule of lenity grounded on 1 Pa.C.S. §1928(b)(1)
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Judges: Baer, Castille, Eakin, McCaffery, Melvin, Saylor, Todd
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11 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. NewmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-20· cited 623×
- Commonwealth v. ValentineSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-10-03· cited 340×
- Commonwealth v. CardwellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-11-25· cited 153×
- Commonwealth v. FennellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-11-21· cited 148×
- Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Stotelmyer, D.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-02-17· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. PersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-03-12· cited 3×
- Com. v. Gomez, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-12-19· cited 1×
- Com. v. Newman, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-20
- Commonwealth v. JabbarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-04-02
- Commonwealth v. AtkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-04-08
- Commonwealth v. Velazco-MenaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-04-14
Cites
32 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Alleyne v. United StatesSupreme Court· 2013-06-17· cited 5,868×
- McMillan v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court· 1986-06-19· cited 1,908×
- Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court· 2002-06-24· cited 1,506×
- Commonwealth v. MacOlinoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-27· cited 227×
- United States v. Mike DarwichSixth Circuit· 2003-07-24· cited 165×
- Commonwealth v. MealsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-12-27· cited 163×
- Commonwealth v. BoothSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-02-20· cited 113×
- Schwartz v. RockeySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-10-17· cited 97×
- Jones v. STATE EX REL. MISSISSIPPI DPSMississippi Supreme Court· 1991-12-18· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. SanesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-08-04· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. DiodoroSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-05-26· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. WootenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-08-10· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. GiffinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-07-18· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. ArmsteadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-05-23· cited 45×
- State v. CaseyOregon Supreme Court· 2009-03-05· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. RamboSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-03-20· cited 37×
- Six L'S Packing Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-05-29· cited 36×
- Gentex Corp. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-07-20· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. GutierrezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-03-30· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. ZortmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-07-19· cited 30×
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