Commonwealth v. White

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “fundamental fairness” requires that defendant possess an opportunity to withdraw his or her guilty plea when a sentencing judge rejects the parties’ non-binding recommendation
• in open plea agreement, there is agreement as to charges to be brought, but no agreement at all to restrict prosecution’s right to seek maximum sentences applicable to those charges
• unlike here, where record supports claim that Appellant bargained for one concurrent term recommendation from the Commonwealth, an appellant would be entitled to withdraw plea post- sentence if bargained-for recommendation not made

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Jarosz
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-12-13· cited 111×
• Com. v. Steckley, S., Jr.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-11-30· cited 83×
• Commonwealth v. Pardo
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-12-13· cited 54×
• Commonwealth v. Chazin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-04-22· cited 53×
• Heywood v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2015-12-21· cited 7×
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Rizor, J.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-11-22
• Commonwealth v. Rizor, J., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-11-22
• Com. v. Harrison, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-11-28

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Spence
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-06-30· cited 144×
• Commonwealth v. McElroy
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-09-01· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Porreca
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-07-16· cited 31×
• Commonwealth v. Porreca
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-10-17· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Dickerson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-10-04· cited 18×