Commonwealth v. Roane

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a minor victim’s testimony that abuse occurred when she was between the ages of seven and eight and that it took place in the summer sufficiently established the dates of the crimes
• explaining that allegations that the trial court failed to consider the relevant sentencing factors and imposed a manifestly excessive sentence raise a substantial question
• explaining that allegations that the trial court failed to consider the relevant factors and imposed a manifestly excessive sentence raise a substantial question
• stating that “[m]erger of offenses is appropriate where: (1) the crimes arise from a single criminal act; and (2) all of the statutory elements of one of the offenses are included in the statutory elements of the other offense.” (citations and quotation marks omitted)
• “A reversal of a verdict is not necessary unless it is so contrary to the evidence as to shock one’s sense of justice.” (citation omitted)
• “When reviewing a challenge to the weight of the evidence, we review the trial court’s exercise of discretion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Com. v. Clemens, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-10-28· cited 68×
• Com. v. Hernandez, M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-03-10· cited 32×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Derry
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-11-15· cited 274×
• Commonwealth v. Brooks
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-10-07· cited 203×
• Com. v. Cramer, R., III
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-09-06· cited 137×
• Commonwealth v. Edwards
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-08-16· cited 131×
• Commonwealth v. Hicks
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-11-18· cited 77×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-06-29· cited 50×
• Commonwealth v. Richter
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-05-22· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Crissman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-09-06· cited 14×