Commonwealth v. Parker

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding the constitutionality of 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9714, which requires mandatory minimum sentences for recidivists of certain offenses
• “[Because] our analysis of this case under the United States Constitution is applicable to the state constitution, ... we need not engage in a separate state constitutional review.”
• “[Because] our analysis of this case under the United States Constitution is applicable to the state constitution, . . . we need not engage in a separate state constitutional review.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Thompson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-10· cited 225×
• Commonwealth v. Baker
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-06-27· cited 184×
• Commonwealth v. Elia
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-12-24· cited 148×
• Commonwealth v. Barnett
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-07-31· cited 74×
• State v. Cordova
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1999-11-19· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Wynn
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-09-12· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Tsopanis-Sellari
  Berks County Court of Common Pleas· 2009-09-22
• Com. v. Hernandez, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-12-16

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Harmelin v. Michigan
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-27· cited 4,521×
• Solem v. Helm
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-28· cited 4,242×
• Rummel v. Estelle
  Supreme Court· 1980-03-18· cited 2,234×
• Parke v. Raley
  Supreme Court· 1993-01-19· cited 1,268×
• Commonwealth v. Zettlemoyer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-30· cited 709×
• Commonwealth v. Hall
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-09-17· cited 237×
• Commonwealth v. Chambers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-11-20· cited 117×
• Commonwealth v. Spells
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-07-01· cited 69×
• Commonwealth v. Wolfe
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-25· cited 23×