Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 3/14/2007
Commonwealth v. Williams
Citations
- 920 A.2d 887
- 2007 Pa. Super. 73
- 2007 Pa. Super. LEXIS 321
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that, an illegal sentence claim operates as an exception to the bright-line waiver rule
- noting that generally, all issues are waived when an untimely Rule 1925(b) statement is filed; however, legality of sentencing claims are an exception to the general rule
- explaining crimes of persons not to possess firearm and firearms not to be carried without license are two separate offenses and do not merge for sentencing
- noting, generally, all issues are waived when an untimely 1925(b) statement is filed.
- legality of sentence issue is not waived under Castillo for filing an untimely concise statement
- claim that sentences should have merged raises a non-waivable challenge to the legality of the sentences
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Judges: Lally-Green, Panella, McEwen
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18 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. RavenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-12· cited 541×
- Commonwealth v. BurtonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-05-13· cited 470×
- Commonwealth v. AllenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-07-12· cited 339×
- Commonwealth v. SpringerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-12-01· cited 170×
- Commonwealth v. BakerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-12-19· cited 161×
- Commonwealth v. MartzSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-06-06· cited 97×
- Commonwealth v. QuintuaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-10-10· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-09-04· cited 68×
- Commonwealth v. JenkinsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-07-15· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. TaggartSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-06-17· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. SchmohlSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-05-26· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. CoppedgeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-11-24· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. BensonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-12-16· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. MilhommeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-07-21· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. EnimpahSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-02-06· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. ParhamSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-04-03· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. EdeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-04-28· cited 9×
- Com. v. Mancuso, D.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-04-10
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. CastilloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-12-29· cited 725×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-10-26· cited 251×
- Commonwealth v. BerrySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-06-13· cited 245×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-03-18· cited 155×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-12-28· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. GatlingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-10-01· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-04-04· cited 48×
- Com. v. FergusonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-05-23· cited 23×
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