Commonwealth v. Stewart

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 claim that “the sentencing court considered improper factors” presents a substantial question
• holding that a substantial question exists when a defendant alleges the sentencing court considered improper factors when imposing an aggravated range sentence
• holding that a claim asserting “the sentencing court considered improper factors in placing the sentence in the aggravated range … presents a substantial question on appeal[]”
• holding that a claim asserting “the sentencing court considered improper factors in placing the sentence in the aggravated range … presents a substantial question on appeal[]”
• holding that a claim asserting “the sentencing court considered improper factors in placing the sentence in the aggravated range ... presents a substantial question on appeal[ ]”
• stating that a claim that a sentence is excessive because the sentencing court relied on impermissible factors raises a substantial question

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Dodge
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-09-11· cited 719×
• Commonwealth v. Shugars
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-03-24· cited 480×
• Commonwealth v. Fullin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-02-01· cited 386×
• Commonwealth v. Marts
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-12-14· cited 208×
• Commonwealth v. Tobin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-04-01· cited 140×
• Commonwealth v. Bowen
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-05-21· cited 139×
• Commonwealth v. Stokes
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-12-01· cited 116×
• Com. v. Wallace, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-01-08· cited 74×
• Com. v. Torres, W.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-11-25· cited 50×
• Commonwealth v. Miller
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-01-28· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Slotcavage
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-12-13· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Hardy
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-12-27· cited 18×
• Com. v. Salter, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-02-17· cited 17×
• Com. v. Jennings, M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-01-14· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Keenan
  Berks County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-03-16· cited 2×
• Commonwealth v. Turner
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-12-21· cited 1×
• Com. v. Seiden, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-05-06