Legal Opinion

Com. of Pa. v. King

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 19, 2018No. 680 WDA 2017PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY KUNSELMAN, J.:

Appellant, Che Donte King, appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed at two different dockets, after he pled guilty to various drug charges and to a car accident involving death/personal injury and related offenses. In the one case, Appellant struck a pedestrian, Albert Kruszka, on Pittsburgh's South Side; after pausing briefly upon impact, Appellant sped away from the scene. Several days later, Mr. Kruszka died due to the collision. Because the trial judge did not abuse his discretion or commit an error of law in resentencing, we affirm.

After Appellant pled…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Commonwealth v. DeversSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  3. Commonwealth v. VenturaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  4. Commonwealth v. HardySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  5. Commonwealth v. AllenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011

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3Cited by29 opinions

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