Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Green

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 2, 1981No. 80-1-97PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence of ten to twenty years’ imprisonment following a plea of guilty to murder of the third degree. The sentence was entered on October 10, 1978, after an order of this Court dated September 22, 1978, which vacated a previously-entered judgment of sentence of the same term and remanded the record for proceedings consistent with Commonwealth v. Riggins, 474 Pa. 115, 377 A.2d 140 (1977). Appellant contends that on resentencing the court abused its discretion. We affirm.

Sentence here was imposed well after July 1,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. RigginsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  2. Commonwealth v. MartinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. Commonwealth v. KostkaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. EdringtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  5. Commonwealth v. CottleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WallsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  2. Commonwealth v. JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  3. Commonwealth v. RoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  4. Commonwealth v. WhiteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  5. Commonwealth v. HallockSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992

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