Commonwealth v. Ramos

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 general rule regarding minimum and maximum sentences must yield to 42 Pa.C.S § 9712.1(a)’s offense-specific five-year mandatory minimum, which “applies only to the subset of criminals who have been convicted of 35 P.S. § 780- 113(a)(3
• holding general provision of 42 Pa.C.S. § 9756(b)(1), requiring minimum sentence not exceed one-half maximum sentence, yields to the specific sentencing provisions
• stating that marijuana is a Schedule I controlled substance under the Drug Act but “it is not a ‘narcotic drug’” under that law
• ruling that minimum-maximum provision of § 9756(b)(1
• deriving a statutory maximum for one statute from a different one

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Batts, Q., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-06-26· cited 293×
• Commonwealth v. Postie
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-02-17· cited 87×
• Commonwealth v. Wilson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-02-18· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Cousins, M., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-07-17· cited 16×
• Terra Technical Services, LLC v. River Station Land, L.P.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-09-29· cited 15×
• Bell v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-07-21· cited 13×
• In re Estate of Easterday
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-06-18· cited 12×
• Com. v. Lee, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-04-23· cited 2×
• Commonwealth v. Eid, K., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-04-29
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Pownall, R.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-07-20
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Rosario, K.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-05-16
• Klar, D., Aplt. v. Dairy Farmers of America
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-08-22

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Apprendi v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-26· cited 28,372×
• Alleyne v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2013-06-17· cited 5,868×
• Commonwealth v. Diodoro
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-05-26· cited 53×
• Commonwealth v. Bell
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-07-25· cited 50×
• Commonwealth v. Gordon
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-12-28· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Zortman
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-07-19· cited 30×
• White Deer Township v. Napp
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-12-28· cited 24×
• Holt v. 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Commission
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-05-08· cited 20×
• Bell v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 1995-02-21· cited 4×
• Zortman v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 2012-02-27· cited 3×