2000 Pa. Super. 121 - Commonwealth v. Pennington’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
September 2018
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Devers · Commonwealth v. Valentin · Commonwealth v. Romeri · Commonwealth v. Johnson · Commonwealth v. Koehler
Most-quoted passages
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“When the court determines that the offender possessed a deadly weapon during the commission of the current conviction offense, the court shall consider the DWE/Possessed Matrix (§ 303.17). An offender has possessed a deadly weapon if any of the following were on the offender’s person or within his immediate physical control: (i) Any firearm, (as defined in 42 Pa. C.S. § 9712) whether loaded or unloaded, or (ii) Any dangerous weapon (as defined in 18 Pa.C.S. § 913), or (in) Any device, implement, or instrumentality designed as a weapon or capable of producing death or serious bodily injury where the court determines that the defendant intended to use the weapon to threaten or injure another individual.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[W]e conduct a four part analysis to determine: (1) whether appellant has filed a timely notice of appeal, see Pa. R.A.P.902 and 903; (2) whether the issue was properly preserved at sentencing or in a motion to reconsider and modify sentence, see Pa.R.Crim.P. 1410 [now Rule 720]; (3) whether appellant’s brief has a fatal defect, Pa.R.A.P. 2119(f); and (4) whether there is a substantial question that the sentence appealed from is not appropriate under the Sentencing Code, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9781(b).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A six to twelve year sentence for a sixteen year old youth for a charge of burglary, with guilty verdicts at the same trial for indecent assault and indecent exposure, ignores the rehabilitative needs of the defendant, and thus violates the fundamental norms which underlie the sentencing process.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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