Com. v. Bentley, S.  ·  2024-03-04  ·  Superior Court of Pennsylvania  ·  pin 562 A.2d at 289

“where the Commonwealth did not deliberately elicit the reference to a prior unrelated crime, did not exploit the reference, and introduced no evidence of the prior unrelated crime, a prompt curative instruction is sufficient to negate any prejudice which may have resulted.”

Commonwealth v. Mitchell  ·  2006-07-19  ·  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania  ·  2 pin-cites  ·  pin 522 Pa. at 388

"inquiry [into] whether defendant `has' a significant history of prior criminal convictions" should be evaluated "as of the time of the sentencing hearing"

Commonwealth v. Williams  ·  2006-04-21  ·  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania  ·  2 pin-cites  ·  pin 522 Pa. at 388

"the disposition of the cases against [appellant's cohorts] has no bearing upon appellant's sentence."