Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Canfield

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 4, 1994No. 134PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROWLEY, President Judge:

Robert Canfield has appealed from the judgment of sentence which was imposed upon him following his plea of nolo contendere to Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse, a felony of the second degree. On appeal, he contends that the sentence was (1) “manifestly excessive” in violation of “the whole spirit and philosophy of the [Sentencing] Guidelines” because it failed to take into account his lack of a prior record and also in that it was greater than the sentence imposed upon his co-defendant; (2) that it was imposed without adequate…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  2. Commonwealth v. RoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  3. Commonwealth v. SanchezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. Commonwealth v. CatanchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  5. Commonwealth v. KocherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MouzonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  2. Commonwealth v. GriffinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  3. Commonwealth v. Cruz-CentenoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Commonwealth v. RoddaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  5. Commonwealth v. MartsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005

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