352 Pa. Super. 520 - Commonwealth v. Arent’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
October 1998
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Riggins · Commonwealth v. Martin · 265 Pa. Super. 305 - Commonwealth v. Wicks · Commonwealth v. Butch · 275 Pa. Super. 263 - Commonwealth v. Vernille
Most-quoted passages
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“The sentence will be outside the guidelines. The Court is obligated to consider the history, character, and condition of the defendant, circumstances of the crime, rehabilitative needs of the defendant, protection for the public, and the gravity of the offense. In this particular case, although the prior involvement with the criminal justice system was ten years, it involved drinking and involuntary manslaughter. The hope is that persons who kill others while drunk will not repeat incidents of drunk driving. The rehabilitative needs of the defendant can best be served by the New Values Therapeutic Treatment Center now available through the state. The history, character and condition of the defendant includes the fact that this particular offense occurred at 6:00 p.m. when people do not anticipate coming in contact with a person having a blood alcohol concentration of .20. .20 indicates a level of tolerance and abuse which predated the specific incident. The public deserves and requires protection, so that the needs for the protection of the public mandate a more severe sentence, and one which can only be accomplished, considering the rehabilitative needs, at the State Correctional Institution with the New Values Therapeutic Session available. [S]o the record reflects, the Court is aware the mandatory sentence which could have been imposed was 48 hours, inasmuch as the previous offense occurred more than seven years prior to this offense. The Court is aware of that at the time”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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