Commonwealth v. Rooney

I find myself unable to agree with the majority that the lower court has adequately stated its reasons for the sen*297tence imposed. I should therefore vacate the sentence and remand for resentencing.

I acknowledge the majority’s full and careful statement of the cases defining the sentencing judge’s responsibilities. On another occasion I tried to summarize those responsibilities, and it may be useful to refer to that summary now:

The first responsibility of the sentencing judge is a fact-finding responsibility; the judge must be sure that he has before him “sufficient information to enable him to…