Commonwealth v. Mitchell

How courts have described this case

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

• ruling that \[i]ssues which are not adequately supported by citations to pertinent legal authority are waived\
• mandatory minimum sentences necessarily divest the sentencing court of some degree of discretion in fashioning a sentence
• evidence that the defendant forced the victim into the back seat of a car and transported him to a wooded area was sufficient to sustain a kidnapping conviction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Stokes
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-12-01· cited 116×
• Commonwealth v. Jacobs
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-05-01· cited 86×
• Commonwealth v. Kleinicke
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-03-08· cited 68×
• Commonwealth v. Ryan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-10-12· cited 53×
• Commonwealth v. Eckrote
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-10-29· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. McKellick
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-06-20· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Littlehales
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-01-05· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Slotcavage
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-12-13· cited 22×

Cites

26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Apprendi v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-26· cited 28,372×
• United States v. Booker
  Supreme Court· 2004-10-01· cited 23,210×
• Blakely v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-24· cited 13,994×
• McMillan v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-19· cited 1,908×
• Harris v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-24· cited 1,506×
• Commonwealth v. Mouzon
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-19· cited 702×
• Commonwealth v. Valette
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-18· cited 223×
• Commonwealth v. Malloy
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-09-01· cited 183×
• Commonwealth v. Wright
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-06-10· cited 177×
• Commonwealth v. Auker
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-07-31· cited 138×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-11-18· cited 130×
• Commonwealth v. Forbes
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-01-28· cited 98×
• Commonwealth v. Bromley
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-10-29· cited 95×
• Commonwealth v. Cassidy
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-11-16· cited 76×
• Commonwealth v. Heberling
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-06-07· cited 74×
• In the Interest of F.P.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-06-15· cited 73×
• Commonwealth v. Walls
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-03-23· cited 69×
• Commonwealth v. Vetrini
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-06-15· cited 68×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-12-07· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Hughes
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-03-09· cited 47×