Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Duffy

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 4, 1985No. 418PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

This is an appeal from judgments of sentence on four counts of theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received. 1 Appellant contends that the sentencing judge abused his discretion in 1) ordering the sentences to be consecutive to other sentences being served in another county, and 2) sentencing appellant in the aggravated range of the sentencing guidelines.

The facts of this case are as follows: Four informations were filed between September 6 and September 12, 1983, charging appellant with theft by deception. The charges involved appellant’s receipt of money…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. RigginsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  2. Commonwealth v. RussellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Commonwealth v. ScarboroughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  4. Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  5. Commonwealth v. BlackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. KrumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. Commonwealth v. StewartSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  3. Commonwealth v. BowenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  4. Commonwealth v. BlairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  5. Commonwealth v. FriesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987

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