Legal Opinion

Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Wolfe, M.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 20, 2016No. 68 MAP 2015PublishedCited by 183 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Chief Justice Saylor delivered the Opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I and 11(B), joined by Justices Baer, Donohue and Wecht. Chief Justice Saylor also authored Part 11(A), which is joined by Justice Donohue. Justice Baer files a concurring opinion pertaining to Part 11(A), joined by Justice Wecht. Justice Todd files a dissenting opinion, joined by Justice Dougherty, and Justice Dougherty files a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

Chief Justice SAYLOR.1

Appeal was allowed to assess the validity of the Superior Court’s sua sponte determination that a sentencing statute is facially…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Neder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  3. Alleyne v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  4. United States v. CottonSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  5. Washington v. RecuencoSupreme Court of the United States · 2006

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3Cited by183 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. Batts, Q., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  2. Com. v. Chichkin, I.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  3. Commonwealth v. Barnes, K., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  4. Commonwealth, Aplt v. Dimatteo, P.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  5. Commonwealth v. VeonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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