Commonwealth v. Mouzon

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[i]n setting sentence, a court has discretion … to run the sentence concurrently with or consecutively to other sentences being imposed.”
• affirming deviation from guidelines where trial court fashioned sentence primarily based on “how [the] record bore on Mouzon’s prospects for rehabilitation, coupled with the court’s sense of duty to protect the public”
• concern against running sentences concurrently by way of habit allowing criminals to recewe \volume discounts\ for their separate criminal acts
• “this Court has expressed concern against running sentences concurrently by way of habit, lest criminals receive ‘volume discounts’ for their separate criminal acts”
• An “appellate court must give great weight to the sentencing court's discretion, as he or she is in the best position to measure factors such as the nature of the crime, the defendant's character, and the defendant's display of remorse, defiance, or indifference”
• An “appellate court must give great weight to the sentencing court's discretion, as he or she is in the best position to measure factors such as the nature of the crime, the defendant's character, and the defendant's display of remorse, defiance, or indifference”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Tirado
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-03-03· cited 476×
• Commonwealth v. Colon
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-10-24· cited 398×
• Commonwealth v. Perry
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-08-10· cited 141×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-12-07· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Hill
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-04-10· cited 45×
• Balsavage v. Wetzel
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2013-03-20· cited 2×
• Com. v. Miller, H.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-06-11
• Commonwealth v. Lazar
  Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas· 2007-11-05
• Commonwealth v. Lawhead
  Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-04-21
• Commonwealth v. Hart
  Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-10-27
• Commonwealth v. Krause
  Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-10-27
• Commonwealth v. Kibler
  Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas· 2011-03-01
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Bucks County Court of Common Pleas· 2011-07-06
• Commonwealth v. Sponheimer
  Carbon County Court of Common Pleas· 2012-07-24
• Commonwealth v. Brice
  Delaware County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-09-21
• Commonwealth v. Wells
  Adams County Court of Common Pleas· 2008-04-01
• Com. v. Pratt, K.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-04-17

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Mouzon
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-19· cited 702×
• Commonwealth v. Rodda
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-01-07· cited 199×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-03-29· cited 170×
• Commonwealth v. Cunningham
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-07-31· cited 169×
• Commonwealth v. Ellis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-07-30· cited 146×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-10-16· cited 60×
• Commonwealth v. Burkholder
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-10-07· cited 40×
• Commonwealth v. Davis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-08-25· cited 40×
• Commonwealth v. Gaddis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-03-22· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Kocher
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-02-13· cited 34×