Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sessoms
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 7, 1987No. 80 E.D. Appeal Docket 1986PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZAPPALA, Justice.
This appeal presents a challenge to the validity of a sentence imposed according to the Sentencing Guidelines, 204 Pa.Code Ch. 303. The appellant Gershom Sessoms was found guilty of aggravated assault and possession of an instrument of crime. He was sentenced to 2lk to 8 years imprisonment on the assault charge and a consecutive term of 5 years probation on the weapons charge. Sessoms unsuccessfully argued to the courts below that the method by which the Sentencing Guidelines were established violated either or both of our Constitution’s requirements of bicameral…
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