Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 3/7/1989
Commonwealth v. Williams
Citations
- 559 A.2d 25
- 521 Pa. 556
- 1989 Pa. LEXIS 48
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- that sentences only merge if one offense is a lesser included offense of the other
- that sentences only merge if one offense is a lesser included offense of the other
- unlawful restraint arising from same incident as an aggravated assault is not a lesser included offense and does not merge
- unlawful restraint arising from same incident as an aggravated assault is not a lesser included offense and does not merge
- unlawful restraint arising from same incident as an aggravated assault is not a lesser included offense and does not merge
- where sentences do not merge, defendant is not entitled to “volume discount” in being sentenced
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos, Stout
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42 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. AndersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-10-26· cited 251×
- Breakiron v. HornThird Circuit· 2011-04-18· cited 104×
- Commonwealth v. BreakironSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-03-14· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. WeaklandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-07· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. CollinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-01-17· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. MobleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-10-31· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. PiggSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-03-07· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-12-28· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. GatlingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-10-01· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. BelsarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-05-21· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. PerdueSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-08-24· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. WeigleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-03-24· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. KimmelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-10-29· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. EnnisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-05-16· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-09-29· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. FullerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-07-27· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. ShankSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-09-12· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-07-15· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. YatesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-08-14· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-07-29· cited 21×
Cites
15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-07-19· cited 85×
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Shaddock v. AsheSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1941-01-06· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-19· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. SoudaniSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1960-03-28· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. BosticSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-16· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. McCUSKERSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1950-01-03· cited 36×
- Hunter v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1875-11-15· cited 31×
- Dinkey v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1851-12-29· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. RichardsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-02-27· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. ParkerAllegheny County Court of Oyer and Terminer· 1892-01-04· cited 21×
- Harman v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1824-10-18· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. JacksonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-19· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-11-18· cited 15×
- Respublica v. RobertsSupreme Court· 1791-04-01· cited 14×
- Respublica v. RobertsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1791-04-15· cited 14×
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