Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 4/15/1991
Commonwealth v. Szczesniewski
Citations
- 591 A.2d 1055
- 404 Pa. Super. 617
- 1991 Pa. Super. LEXIS 928
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that courts should endeavor to impose similar sentences to co- defendants when justice so dictates
- “Due to the nature of a life sentence, [three] consecutive life sentences are, in reality, no longer than [three] concurrent life sentences or, for that matter, one life sentence. All would require appellant to spend his life in prison.”
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Judges: Sole, Popovich, Brosky
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5 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Pa Prison Society v. CortesThird Circuit· 2010-10-01· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. CanfieldSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-03-04· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. GallowaySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-04-12· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. EllisonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-03-02· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteLancaster County Court of Common Pleas· 2009-06-09
Cites
16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. DeversSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-07-27· cited 872×
- Commonwealth v. FarquharsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 388×
- Commonwealth v. SeeseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-11-17· cited 168×
- Commonwealth v. GriffinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-09-26· cited 96×
- Commonwealth v. BrickerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-09-21· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. SinwellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-11· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. GelormoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-13· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-01-07· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. FullerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-07-27· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. HollerbushSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-04-23· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. HollerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-03-30· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. KrysiakSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-12-24· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. MyersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-01-21· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. NealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-20· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. ParrySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-11-19· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. NelsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-01-18· cited 2×
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