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“it is well-established that a sentencing court can impose a sentence that is the maximum period authorized by the statute.”
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Commonwealth v. Shugars
it is well-established that a sentencing court can impose a sentence that is the maximum period authorized by the statute.
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Cited "see"
Com. v. Sims, J.
See Commonwealth v. Saranchak, 544 Pa. 158 , 675 A.2d 268 (1996), cert. denied, 519 U.S. 1061 , 117 S.Ct. 695 , 136 L.Ed.2d 617 (1997) (stating court -9- J-S70035-18 may overlook appellant’s failure to provide Rule 2119(f) statement when appellee fails to object, if substantial question is evident from appellant’s brief; boilerplate assertions do not qualify as substantial questions regarding discretionary aspects of sentencing).
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Commonwealth v. Rice
(2×)
See Commonwealth v. Saranchak, 544 Pa. 158 , 675 A.2d 268, 275 (1996), cert. denied, 519 U.S. 1061 , 117 S.Ct. 695 , 136 L.Ed.2d 617 (1997).
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State v. Shafer
(2×)
See State v. McWee, 322 S.C. 387 , 472 S.E.2d 235 (1996), cert. denied 519 U.S. 1061 , 117 S.Ct. 695 , 136 L.Ed.2d 618 (1997) (where solicitor argued specific deterrence, requested charge on general deterrence was not required); State v. Longworth, 313 S.C. 360 , 438 S.E.2d 219 (1993), cert. denied 513 U.S. 831 , 115 S.Ct. 105 , 130 L.Ed.2d 53 (1994) (where solicitor did not argue general deterrence, refusal to charge general deterrence need not be considered); State v. Patterson, 285 S.C. 5 , 327 S.E.2d 650 (1984), cert. denied 471 U.S. 1036 , 105 S.Ct. 2056 , 85 L.Ed.2d 329 (1985), overruled…
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Cited "see"
State v. Greene
See State v. Williams, 343 N.C. 345, 371 , 471 S.E.2d 379, 393 (1996), cert. denied, 519 U.S. 1061 , 117 S.Ct. 695 , 136 L.Ed.2d 618 (1997).
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Commonwealth v. King
(2×)
See Commonwealth v. Saranchak, 544 Pa. 158, 175-76 , 675 A.2d 268 (Pa.1996)(rejecting challenge to a penalty-phase instruction describing aggravating and mitigating circumstances as "things that make a first degree murder case more or less terrible" on the basis that the trial court's entire instruction appropriately explained the mitigating circumstances at issue), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ____, 117 S.Ct. 695 , 136 L.Ed.2d 617 (1997).
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Cited "see, e.g."
State v. Kelly
Id. at 178, 114 S.Ct. at 2201 , 129 L.Ed.2d at 151 (O’Connor, J., concurring); see also State v. McWee, 322 S.C. 387, 391-92 , 472 S.E.2d 235, 238 (1996), cert. denied, 519 U.S. 1061, 117 S.Ct. 695 , 136 L.Ed.2d 618 (1997) (due process requires parole ineligibility charge “only if appellant’s future dangerousness was an issue and only if appellant would have been ineligible for parole upon the imposition of a life sentence”).
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Commonwealth v. Archer
(2×)
See also Commonwealth v. Saranchak, 544 Pa. 158, 177 , 675 A.2d 268, 277, n. 18 (1996), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 117 S.Ct. 695 , 136 L.Ed.2d 617 (1997) (stating that a court has no duty to impose a sentence considered appropriate under the Sentencing Guidelines).
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Cited "see, e.g."
State v. Fletcher
State v. Ball, 344 N.C. 290, 310 , 474 S.E.2d 345, 357 (1996) (the defendant had a history of drug use and a conviction for robbery; a conviction for felonious assault, after which altercation he took the victim to the emergency room; and three convictions for forgery), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 117 S.Ct. 1457 , 137 L.Ed.2d 561 (1997); State v. Rowsey, *688 343 N.C. 603, 619-20 , 472 S.E.2d 903, 911-12 (1996) (the defendant had illegally possessed marijuana and a concealed weapon; had been convicted of two counts of larceny, fifteen counts of injury to property, and an alcoholic beverage vio…
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State v. Addison
Id.; see also State v. Williams, 343 N.C. 345, 361 , 471 S.E.2d 379, 387-388 (1996), cert. denied, - U.S. -, 117 S. Ct. 695 , 136 L.
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Commonwealth v. Rovinski
“Quashing the appeal [is] an appropriate response to the deficient brief tendered by appellant.” Commonwealth v. Gambal, 522 Pa. 280, 286 , 561 A.2d 710, 714 (1989); see also Commonwealth v. Saranchak, 544 Pa. 158, 176-77 , 675 A.2d 268, 277 (1996), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 117 S.Ct. 695 , 136 L.Ed.2d 617 (1997).
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Saranchak
v.
Pennsylvania
v.
Pennsylvania
No. 96-6101.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Jan 6, 1997.
Cited by 1 opinion | Published
Citer courts: Superior Court of Pennsylvania (1)
Sup. Ct. Pa. Certiorari denied.