Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Cappelli

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 1, 1985No. 00677PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CAVANAUGH, Judge:

Appellant, Gerald L. Cappelli, seeks to set aside his judgment of sentence on the grounds that (1) the trial court erred in refusing his motion to reconsider sentence and withdraw his guilty plea without a hearing; (2) he was denied effective assistance of counsel; (3) the lower court erred in not assigning sufficient and adequate reasons for the sentence imposed; and, (4) the sentence imposed was manifestly excessive. We find no merit to any of these contentions and, therefore, affirm.

We may consider the first and second claims together since they are related. It is claimed…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. RigginsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  2. Commonwealth v. StarrSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. Commonwealth v. GarvinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  4. Commonwealth v. StraderSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  5. Commonwealth v. ValentinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PollardSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  2. Commonwealth v. TuretskySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  3. Commonwealth v. StorkSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  4. Commonwealth v. LewisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  5. Commonwealth v. MyersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994

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