Brown v. Commonwealth

CHARLES J. KAMUF, Special Justice.

The primary question of law raised in this appeal is whether Appellant Katherine Amy Brown’s sentence of 10 years on the PFO I conviction is so grossly disproportionate to the crime herein that it is manifestly unfair and constitutes cruel and inhuman punishment in violation of the federal and state constitutions.

Brown was found guilty of Theft by Deception and given a sentence of two and one-half years on that charge. The jury then found Brown guilty of being a Persistent Felony Offender in the First Degree, convicted on two prior nonviolent property-related…