Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Mitchell

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 12, 2005PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

LALLY-GREEN, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, Steven W. Mitchell, appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed on December 29, 2003, following his conviction by jury of kidnapping, aggravated assault, and related offenses. The trial court imposed an aggregate prison term of five to ten years. We affirm.

¶ 2 The trial court described the factual background of the case as follows:

The evidence elicited at trial indicated that Defendant had been under the belief that the victim herein, Jason Moyer, had engaged in inappropriate sexual activity with Defendant’s adult step-daughter (which conduct Moyer…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. McMillan v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2002

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. StokesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  2. Commonwealth v. JacobsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  3. Commonwealth v. RyanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  4. Commonwealth v. McKellickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  5. Commonwealth v. EckroteSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010

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