Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Parsons

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 9, 2009No. 615 MDA 2006PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

GANTMAN, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, asks us to determine whether the trial court erred when it sentenced Appellee, Stephen A. Parsons, to three (3) months of electronic monitoring under the supervision of the Berks County Probation Office, followed by a five-year term of probation, in violation of the parties’ plea agreement that called for a greater sentence. After careful review of the certified record as well as the relevant, settled law pertaining to plea agreements, we hold the court erred when it allowed Appellee to lodge an untimely challenge to the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WoodhouseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  2. Commonwealth v. DalbertoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  3. Commonwealth v. WallaceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  4. Commonwealth v. McClendonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  5. Commonwealth v. ColesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. AndersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  2. Commonwealth v. JaroszSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  3. Commonwealth v. ParteeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  4. Commonwealth v. TannSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  5. Commonwealth v. RootSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018

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