Commonwealth v. Perry

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the PCRA is not the proper vehicle to challenge the Bureau of Corrections’ calculation of sentences
• holding that the PCRA is not the proper vehicle to challenge the Bureau of Corrections' calculation of sentences
• noting that claims of sentencing illegality based on a trial court’s failure to award time-credit are cognizable as due process challenges in PCRA proceedings
• noting that claims of sentencing illegality based on failure to award credit time are cognizable as due-process challenges in PCRA proceedings
• explaining that a challenge to the Department of Corrections’ computation or construction of sentence is  Former Justice specially assigned to the Superior Court. J-S71028-16 not actionable under the PCRA
• filing a PCRA petition is not a proper method of contest ing the Bureau of Corrections’ calculation of sentences

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Allen v. Commonwealth, Department of Corrections
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-27· cited 129×
• Commonwealth v. Heredia
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-07-24· cited 125×
• Commonwealth v. Vega
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-06-16· cited 87×
• Commonwealth v. Hollawell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-03-06· cited 77×
• Commonwealth v. Wyatt
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-04-24· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Conway
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-12-17· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Van Allen
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-10-09· cited 14×
• People v. Richardson
  New York Supreme Court· 1993-09-20· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Owens
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-11-14· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. LeGrande
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-12-13· cited 5×
• Arnold v. Superintendent SCI Frackville
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2018-08-22· cited 4×
• Kornicki v. Cherniack
  Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 2006-10-10

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Turner
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-07-27· cited 4,184×
• Pennsylvania v. Finley
  Supreme Court· 1987-05-18· cited 3,807×
• Commonwealth v. Isabell
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-11-16· cited 88×
• Commonwealth v. Sangricco
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-05-30· cited 46×
• Commonwealth v. Harris
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-01-20· cited 31×
• Wilson v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-08-31· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Walker
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-04-20· cited 14×