Commonwealth v. Miller

Wright, P. J.,

Fred Miller, together with five others, was convicted of riot during the first week of our regular May term. His counsel stated in open court that defendant had received an eminently fair trial and presented him for immediate sentence. We are herein passing upon a rule to show cause why the sentence then imposed should not be now reduced.

Sentences imposed by the court may be reconsidered , during the same term, but the power of the court to change a sentence expires with the end of the term within which the sentence was imposed: Commonwealth v. Carpenter, 163 Pa. Superior Ct.…