Commonwealth v. Kenney

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that sentence that fails to include mandatory term of imprisonment is illegal
• finding that sentence that fails to include mandatory term of imprisonment is illegal
• interpreting section 9721(a) as providing sentencing court with discretion to choose amongst the alternatives unless a mandatory sentence applies

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Com. v. Raymond, E.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-05-27· cited 17×
• Com. v. Seals, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-02-17· cited 9×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Birchfield v. N. Dakota. William Robert Bernard
  Supreme Court· 2016-06-23· cited 1,440×
• Commonwealth v. Baker
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-07-19· cited 309×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-01-03· cited 237×
• Commonwealth v. Ennels
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-07-11· cited 59×
• In Re the Employees of Student Services, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-10· cited 53×
• Commonwealth v. Mendozajr
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-07-23· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Sutton
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-12-18· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Sarapa
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-01-24· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Dennis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-05-22· cited 17×
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Popielarcheck, A.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-08-17· cited 15×
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Stotelmyer, D.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-02-17· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Hoffman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-09-11· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Watson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-03-08· cited 1×