Commonwealth v. Thomas

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he relevancy of a prior conviction is far greater than that of a mere arrest since a defendant could conceivably be exonerated thereafter.”
• departure from guidelines for rape upheld where the court’s reasons related to the circumstances of the offense, a similar prior occurrence by defendant, defendant’s lack of remorse, and his apparently violent nature
• departure from guidelines for rape upheld where the court's reasons related to the circumstances of the offense, a similar prior occurrence by defendant, defendant's lack of remorse, and his apparently violent nature

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Com. v. Carr, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-08-30· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Terrizzi
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-12-31· cited 10×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Doyle
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-19· cited 67×
• Commonwealth v. Knight
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-06-05· cited 65×
• Commonwealth v. Shoemaker
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-12-11· cited 54×
• Commonwealth v. Tisdale
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-31· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Craft
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-09-24· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-09-11· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Mead
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-11· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Gunderman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-13· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Bryant
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-15· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-05-13· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Long
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-02-11· cited 10×