Commonwealth v. Stafford

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that recomputing a maximum date does not extend the sentence beyond the original sentence
• a court “cannot ‘extend’ a parolee's sentence beyond the original sentence, i.e., lengthen the period of possible incarceration”
• “[A] person who is an escapee is not entitled to credit for time served as he is obviously not serving his sentence”
• a court “cannot ‘extend’ a parolee's sentence beyond the original sentence, i.e., lengthen the period of possible incarceration”
• “A Gagnon I hearing is a pre-revocation hearing to determine if probable cause exists that a violation was committed”
• “a defendant’s sentence does not run while he is an absconder and not under supervision”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• McBride v. Cahoone
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2011-10-17· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Martz
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-04-17· cited 15×
• Com. v. Charles-Richardson, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-02-11

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Morrissey v. Brewer
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 10,835×
• Gagnon v. Scarpelli
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 5,755×
• Commonwealth v. Holmes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-10-16· cited 257×
• Buffalo Township v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-31· cited 250×
• Young v. Com. Bd. of Probation and Parole
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-12-21· cited 162×
• Commonwealth ex rel. Rambeau v. Rundle
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 149×
• Commonwealth v. Ferguson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-10-19· cited 134×
• Commonwealth v. Davis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-31· cited 125×
• Commonwealth v. Judge
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-02-21· cited 122×
• Commonwealth v. Ortega
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-05-17· cited 93×
• Commonwealth v. Kyle
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-05-16· cited 76×
• Commonwealth, Department of Corrections v. Reese
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-03-30· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Fair
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-08-23· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Wegley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-08-06· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Maxwell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-08-28· cited 19×
• Presley v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-03-08· cited 11×
• Commonwealth ex rel. Goins v. Rundle
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-07-05· cited 8×