Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Smith

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 1, 2013PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

WECHT, J.:

Bruce Smith (“Appellant”) appeals from the September 27, 2011 judgment of sentence. After a jury convicted Appellant of criminal conspiracy,1 fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer,2 three counts of recklessly endangering another person (“REAP”),3 and accident involving damage to unattended vehicle,4,5 the trial court sentenced Appellant to an aggregate sentence of seventeen to thirty-four years’ incarceration. For the reasons that follow, we vacate the judgment of sentence, and we remand for a new sentencing hearing.

*261Appellant’s cousin, Melvin Johnson, was…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Mempa v. RhaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Commonwealth v. GrazierSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  4. Commonwealth v. LordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  5. Commonwealth v. AlbrechtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FreelandSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
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  3. Commonwealth v. ZrncicSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  4. Com. v. Carr, C.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  5. Com. v. Bonson, C.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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