2012 Pa. Super. 187 - Commonwealth v. Riggs’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “At sentencing the court found Appellant's offense gravity score to be three and a prior record score of five, yielding a standard range of six to sixteen months. Both counsel for the Commonwealth and counsel for Appellant were in agreement. Appellant's sentence clearly falls within the standard range. The court additionally considered the impact on the life of the victim and the community, the protection of the public and rehabilitative needs of Appellant. The court confirmed with Appellant that he had two juvenile arrests, two adjudications, seventeen adult[ ] arrests, thirteen convictions, that he had been paroled fourteen times, that his parole had been revoked eight times, that he had been on probation ten times and had been revoked five times. The court also took into consideration Appellant's family, education, and work history. The court further considered the impact on the victim, stating that though the victim is a corporation, impact on a business can have an effect on the employees and customers. The court further considered the impact on the community, emphasizing that theft from a business can have an effect on the jobs of employees and the community in turn pays for that loss. The court additionally stressed the need to consider Appellant's rehabilitative needs in addition to protecting the community as Appellant had violated his probation and parole multiple times.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Derry · Commonwealth v. DiClaudio