Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Wertz

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 13, 1978No. 937PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JACOBS, President Judge:

On June 1, 1976, appellant Terry Francis Wertz pleaded guilty to a charge of corruption of minors. He was sentenced to serve eleven to twenty-two months imprisonment. In this appeal, appellant’s sole contention is that the sentence imposed was manifestly excessive under the circumstances and in light of the psychiatric evaluation and presen-tence investigation presented at the date of sentencing;1 he challenges neither the legality of his sentence nor the propriety of the procedure whereby it was imposed. For the reasons developed below, we vacate the judgment of…

2Cases cited3 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

3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. DeversSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  2. Commonwealth v. WicksSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  3. Commonwealth v. FuquaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  4. Commonwealth v. ValentinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  5. Commonwealth v. WarehamSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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