374 Pa. Super. 219 - Commonwealth v. Phillips’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
May 1994
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Tuladziecki · Commonwealth v. Sessoms · 367 Pa. Super. 511 - Commonwealth v. Krum · 362 Pa. Super. 163 - Commonwealth v. Fries · Commonwealth v. Samuels
Most-quoted passages
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“§ 303.6 Consecutive Sentences. (a) When imposing sentences for convictions arising out of the same transaction, the prior record score is computed for the offense with the highest offense gravity score in such transaction. For the remaining offenses in such transaction, the prior record score shall be O.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“It is clear that Appellant was convicted of conspiracy and theft involving the same vehicle and therefore these crimes should have been considered as a single transaction episode. Accordingly, Appellant’s prior record score of 6 should have been applied to one of his convictions and a prior record score of zero should have been used in calculating the sentence for the remaining crime. Since both convictions were for offenses with the same gravity score it would not matter which sentence was computed] using the zero record score; however, it is obvious that a vastly different result from the sentence imposed by the court would have been suggested by the guidelines had a zero record score been utilized.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The standard for granting a withdrawal of a guilty plea following sentencing is that of “manifest injustice.” That is, a defendant is entitled to withdraw a plea of guilty as a matter of right where the court finds that it was not voluntarily and intelligently made____ However, the burden is on the petitioner to prove involuntariness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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