Commonwealth v. Jacobs

OPINION BY

LALLY-GREEN, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, Fatayshia Jacobs, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered on January 22, 2004. We affirm.

¶ 2 The factual and procedural history of the case is as follows. On December 3, 2008, Appellant pled no contest to one count of attempted murder. The charge arose from an incident on January 9, 2003, when Appellant attempted to smother her seven-week-old daughter with a pillow.1

¶ 3 At the sentencing hearing, Appellant’s counsel gave a lengthy and eloquent plea for leniency and rehabilitation. Counsel argued, inter alia, that the criminal act was an…