Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 11/21/1986
Commonwealth v. Samuels
Citations
- 511 A.2d 221
- 354 Pa. Super. 128
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- distinguishing merging a count for sentencing purposes and imposing a sentence of guilty without further penalty
- \a court is not to rule on the constitutionality of a statute unless it is absolutely necessary to do so in order to decide the issue before it.\
- when defense counsel does not seek to examine a rape crisis counselor as a witness section 5945.1 is inapplicable
- consideration of improperly increased guideline ranges was prejudicial error
- upon which the majority relies
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Judges: Cavanaugh, Olszewski, Hoffman
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24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. KyleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-10-20· cited 97×
- Commonwealth v. SchaefferSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-12-29· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. HullSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-01-09· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. SamuelsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-10-15· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. HartzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-09-01· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. CodySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-01-04· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. McCoySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-05-23· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. RiffertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-09-02· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. PickfordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-12-18· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. MillerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-07-11· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. CacekSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-11-12· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. KilgoreSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-11-23· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. WilsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-06-20· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. FetznerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-03-21· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. McCloySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-04-10· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. ByussSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-03-29· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. AultmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-08-21· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. WashingtonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-17· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. SnowdySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-02-26· cited 6×
- Com. v. Sears, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-05-30· cited 5×
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