Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Pokorny

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 26, 1987No. 1134PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MONTGOMERY, Judge:

This is the companion case to Commonwealth v. Septak, 359 Pa.Super. 375, 518 A.2d 1284 (1986), which was recently filed. In the instant matter the Commonwealth alleges that the trial court erroneously failed to apply the deadly weapon enhancement provision1 of the Sentencing Guidelines to appellee’s sentence. The Commonwealth further alleges that the sentence imposed was outside of the Sentencing Guidelines and unreasonable due to the court’s failure to apply the aforementioned enhancement provision. We find that the sentencing court erred in failing to apply the deadly…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. DrumgooleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Commonwealth v. SeptakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  3. Commonwealth v. JohnakinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  4. Commonwealth v. MattisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ScullinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  2. Commonwealth v. JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  3. Commonwealth v. CornishSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  4. Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  5. Commonwealth v. DotzmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991

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