Commonwealth v. Lopez

HOFFMAN, Judge.

This appeal is from the judgment of sentence following appellant’s conviction for aggravated assault 1 and involuntary manslaughter. 2 Appellant contends that the sentencing court erred in not finding that the conviction for aggravated assault merged with the conviction for involuntary manslaughter; the court abused its discretion in sentencing appellant in the aggravated range; and the sentence imposed was excessive in that the court ignored the mitigating circumstances and failed to consider other sentencing alternatives. For the following reasons, we affirm.

On June 23, 1992,…