Commonwealth v. Vega

How courts have described this case

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

• providing claim that sentence is manifestly excessive and disproportionate to crime, particularly in light of facts surrounding criminal episode and appellant’s background, raises substantial question
• finding claim that sentence is excessive and disproportionate to the crime, particularly in light of facts surrounding appellants’ background, raises a substantial question for review
• determining the appellant raised a substantial question with the claim that the sentence was grossly disproportionate to “the facts surrounding the criminal episode and his background”
• determining the appellant raised a substantial question with the claim that the sentence was grossly disproportionate to “the facts surrounding the criminal episode and his background”
• finding claim that sentence is -5- J-S62006-19 excessive and disproportionate to the crime, particularly in light of facts surrounding appellants’ background, raises a substantial question for review
• An “open” plea agreement is one in which there is no negotiated sentence and gives the trial court discretion to impose an individualized sentence.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Dodge
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-09-11· cited 719×
• Commonwealth v. Tirado
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-03-03· cited 476×
• Commonwealth v. Perry
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-08-10· cited 141×
• Commonwealth v. Lee
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-04-27· cited 63×
• Commonwealth v. Batts
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-09-04· cited 22×
• Com. v. Batts, Q.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-09-04
• Com. v. Miller, H.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-06-11
• Com. v. Rice, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-12-27

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Devers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-07-27· cited 872×
• Commonwealth v. Mouzon
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-19· cited 702×
• Commonwealth v. Kenner
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-10-12· cited 199×
• Commonwealth v. Begley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-09-26· cited 192×
• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-10-19· cited 160×
• Commonwealth v. Moore
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-11-18· cited 54×
• Commonwealth v. Gause
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-05-24· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Smart
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-10-04· cited 21×
• Office & Professional Employees International Union Local 32 v. Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2003-07-30· cited 1×