Commonwealth v. Kane

How courts have described this case

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

• applying the pre-amendment section 7508, a defendant must be convicted of the prior offense before the commission of the subsequent offense for an enhanced sentence to attach
• applying the pre-amendment section 7508, a defendant must be convicted of the prior offense before the commission of the subsequent offense for an enhanced sentence to attach
• enhancement provision of Crimes Code not applied to a defendant who was sentenced and convicted of second drug offense prior to his sentencing or conviction of first drug offense
• enhancement provision of Crimes Code not applied to a defendant who was sentenced and convicted of second drug offense prior to his sentencing or conviction of first drug offense
• If the heavier penalty prescribed for the second or subsequent violations is imposed upon one who has not been previously convicted, then the purpose of the stature, i.e. to impose increased punishment upon those who persist in criminality after having once been convicted, is lost.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-12-29· cited 52×
• Commonwealth v. Jarowecki
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-12-30· cited 40×
• Commonwealth v. Ahlborn
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-07-31· cited 40×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-02-23· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-12-30· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Rivera
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-02-14· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Heggenstaller
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-08-08· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Boyd
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-12-14· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Vasquez
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-03-03· cited 4×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Beasley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-06-28· cited 96×
• Commonwealth v. Dickerson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-03-17· cited 83×
• Commonwealth v. Kimmel
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-10-05· cited 58×
• Commonwealth v. Minnich
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1915-07-03· cited 56×
• Commonwealth v. Mourar
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-01-21· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. Eyster
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-01-18· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Dickerson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-10-03· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Wolfe
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-01-17· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Beatty
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-21· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Tobin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-21· cited 19×
• Commonwealth v. Tobin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-04-16· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Eck
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-21· cited 10×