Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Williams

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 21, 1989No. 1491PublishedCited by 178 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROWLEY, Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County following Betty Lee Williams’ guilty plea to a charge of possession of heroin with intent to deliver. The only issue raised on appeal is whether the sentencing court abused its discretion and imposed too severe a sentence. The case was certified to this Court En Banc to consider whether appellant’s petition for permission to appeal from the discretionary aspects of sentence should be granted. After thorough consideration of the briefs and the arguments of counsel, we deny the…

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. TuladzieckiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. Commonwealth v. DeversSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  3. Commonwealth v. LoschSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  4. Commonwealth v. GambalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  5. Commonwealth v. PlankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982

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3Cited by178 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GriffinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  2. Commonwealth v. Cruz-CentenoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  3. Commonwealth v. AndersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  4. Commonwealth v. HylandSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  5. Commonwealth v. PhillipsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008

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