Commonwealth v. Keller’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “Robert H. Keller, age 19, entered a plea of guilty to theft, a misdemeanor of the first degree. On October 12, 1977, he was sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment not to exceed five years in the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill. The trial court did not place on the record the reasons for this sentence. Keller appealed, alleging a manifestly excessive sentence. The decision of this Court in Commonwealth v. Phillips, 258 Pa.Super. 109 , 392 A.2d 708 (1978), is determinative. We adopt the following language from page 710 of that decision because it explains precisely our remand order in the instant case. “Our Sentencing Code mandates that when imposing a sentence of total confinement ‘The court shall impose a minimum sentence of confinement which shall not exceed one-half of the maximum sentence imposed.’ The Act of Dec. 6, 1972, P.L. 1482, No. 334, § 1356, added by the Act of Dec. 30, 1974, P.L. 1052, No. 345, § 1, 18 Pa.C.S. § 1356(b) (1978-79).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 276 Pa. Super. 554 - Commonwealth v. Aeschbacher