Commonwealth v. Ware

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• holding that “upon revocation of parole, the only sentencing option available is recommitment to serve the balance of the term initially imposed”
• holding that “upon revocation of parole, the only sentencing option available is recommitment to serve the balance of the term initially imposed”
• explaining that upon revocation of parole, a court is obligated to recommit the defendant to serve the remainder of his or her original sentence
• reaffirming that “upon revocation of parole, the only sentencing option available is recommitment to serve the balance of the term initially imposed”
• stating that “once the court [has] revoked [the defendant’s] probation, it [has] the same sentencing options available that existed at the time of the original sentencing.”
• stating that a trial court may revoke or change an order of probation at any time before the defendant has completed the maximum period of probation, including “before he has begun service of his probation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Cartrette
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-12-24· cited 1,101×
• Commonwealth v. Sierra
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-05-15· cited 756×
• Commonwealth v. Reaves
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-05-31· cited 311×
• Commonwealth v. Holmes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-10-16· cited 257×
• Commonwealth v. Coolbaugh
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-03-09· cited 234×
• Commonwealth v. Fusselman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-12-14· cited 146×
• Commonwealth v. Fish
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-05-15· cited 121×
• Com. v. Simmons, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-08-18· cited 86×
• Commonwealth v. Infante
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-12-29· cited 85×
• Commonwealth v. Galletta
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-12-07· cited 40×
• Saunders v. Commonwealth, Department of Corrections
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-04-05· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Castro
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-08-06· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Melius
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-09-19· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Shimonvich
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-09-01· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-06-10· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Dillman
  Berks County Court of Common Pleas· 2004-12-22
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Rosario, K.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-05-16