2011 Pa. Super. 261 - Commonwealth v. Stokes’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
2
states following
May 2022
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Booker · Apprendi v. New Jersey · Blakely v. Washington · Rita v. United States · Duncan v. State of Louisiana
Most-quoted passages
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“need not preclude every possibility of innocence and the fact-finder is free to believe all, part, or none of the evidence presented.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“Inconsistent verdicts, while often perplexing, are not considered mistakes and do not constitute a basis for reversal. Rather, the rationale for allowing inconsistent verdicts is that it is the jury’s sole prerogative to decide on which counts to convict in order to provide a defendant with sufficient punishment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Section 9712.1 states, in relevant part: § 9712.1. Sentences for certain drug offenses committed with firearms (a) Mandatory sentence. — Any person who is convicted of a violation of section 13(a)(S0) of [...] The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, when at the time of the offense the person or the person’s accomplice is in physical possession or control of a firearm, whether visible, concealed about the person or the person’s accomplice or within the actor’s or accomplice’s reach or in close proximity to the controlled substance, shall likewise be sentenced to a minimum sentence of at least five years of total confinement. (d) Authority of court in sentencing. — There shall be no authority in any court to impose on an offender to which this section is applicable any lesser sentence than provided for in subsection (a) or to place such offender on probation or to suspend sentence. Nothing in this section shall prevent the sentencing court from imposing a sentence greater than that provided in this section. Sentencing guidelines promulgated by the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing shall not supersede the mandatory sentences provided in this section.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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