Commonwealth v. Plank

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

On September 18, 1979, a jury convicted appellant, Richard Plank, of voluntary manslaughter and criminal trespass. Appellant was sentenced to consecutive prison terms of four and one half to ten years for voluntary manslaughter and six months to eight years for criminal trespass. Appellant filed a motion to modify the judgments of sentence that was denied by the trial court. This direct appeal followed.

Appellant contends that the judgments of sentence imposed on him by the trial court were excessive.

The imposition of a sentence is vested in the discretion of the trial…