Commonwealth v. Houtz

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 broad internet restriction without a nexus to the crime is punitive, unduly restrictive, and incompatible with freedom of conscience
• holding that a broad internet restriction without a nexus to the crime is punitive, unduly restrictive, and incompatible with freedom of conscience
• concluding that appellant raised a substantial question, where she argued that the conditions of her probation were not reasonably related to her rehabilitation or reasonably tailored to her unique rehabilitative needs
• holding challenge to probation condition generally challenges the discretionary aspects of sentence and not the legality of the sentence imposed
• holding challenge to probation condition generally challenges the discretionary aspects of sentence and not the legality of the sentence imposed
• stating that where a defendant claims that the trial court’s probation condition is “not reasonably related” to the conviction, it is a challenge to the discretionary aspects of the sentence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Com. v. Starr, E.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-06-23· cited 73×
• Commonwealth v. Yockey
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-04-04· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. Wilson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-12-15· cited 23×
• Com. v. Carr, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-08-30· cited 22×
• Com. v. Laughman, B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-04-17· cited 15×
• Com. v. Sulpizio, A.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-08-15· cited 8×
• Com. v. Seiden, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-05-06
• Com. v. Morton, T.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-05-08

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Tuladziecki
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-10· cited 739×
• Commonwealth v. Fullin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-02-01· cited 386×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-08-19· cited 95×
• Commonwealth v. Chamberlain
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-05-02· cited 84×
• Commonwealth v. Koren
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-08-25· cited 74×
• Commonwealth v. Rabold
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-03-08· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. Hartman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-09-11· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Hermanson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-04-02· cited 20×