Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Shoemaker

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 7, 1975No. 542PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

2Per curiam

We granted appellant’s petition for allowance of appeal from the order of the Superior Court to determine whether, under the procedure established by the Act of December 22, 1965, P.L. 1187, § 1, 19 P.S. § 890 (Supp. 1974), a sentencing court may, in imposing sentence, consider a defendant’s arrest record which does not indicate the disposition resulting from the arrests. Our review of the record, however, discloses that this issue was not preserved for appellate review by a timely objection in the sentencing court. We will not, therefore, consider appellant’s claim. See,…

3Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ClairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  2. Commonwealth v. BlairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. Commonwealth v. PowellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

4Cited by36 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. KrumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. Commonwealth v. IsabellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Commonwealth v. WallsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. Commonwealth v. SourbeerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  5. Commonwealth v. MartinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984

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