Commonwealth v. Ligon

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that when a defendant is resentenced pursuant to Montgomery the defendant is entitled to credit for time served
• finding that “a sentence with a term of years minimum and a maximum sentence of life does not violate Miller’s individualized sentencing requirement . . .”
• maintaining that a maximum term of life imprisonment for pre-Miller juveniles is statutorily required under Batts I and Batts II and that reliance on Songster v. Beard, 201 F.Supp.3d 639 (E.D. Pa. 2016
• holding a sentence with a term of years minimum and maximum sentence of life does not violate Miller's individualized sentencing requirement, because it properly leaves ultimate decision of when -9- J-S29010-21 the defendant will be released to the parole board
• finding sentencing court statutorily required to sentence juvenile defendant convicted of first-degree murder, prior to Miller, to maximum term of life imprisonment
• affirming resentencing pursuant to Miller of two concurrent terms of 35 years to life imprisonment for defendant who committed crime at the age of 15

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Lekka
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-05-10· cited 135×
• Com. v. Harper, P.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-03-28· cited 15×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Miller v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 2012-06-25· cited 6,816×
• Furman v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
• Montgomery v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 2016-01-25· cited 2,780×
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Walker, T.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-06-01· cited 1,340×
• Commonwealth v. Batts, Q., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-06-26· cited 293×
• Commonwealth v. Batts
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-03-26· cited 222×
• Commonwealth v. Bradley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-09-07· cited 101×
• Commonwealth v. Lambert
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-12-18· cited 97×
• Commonwealth v. Seskey
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-08-25· cited 74×
• Commonwealth v. Olds
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-07-03· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-03-28· cited 33×
• Songster v. Beard
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2016-08-17· cited 15×