Clavin v. New Orleans Police Department

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• providing that claims of a manifestly excessive and unduly harsh sentence raise a substantial question
• stating, “[a] substantial question exists only when the appellant advances a colorable argument that the sentencing judge’s actions were either: (1) inconsistent with a specific provision of the Sentencing Code; or (2
• upholding trial court’s exclusion of evidence related to rape victim’s mental health, where the defendant failed to establish a sufficient evidentiary foundation and the victim’s “perception and recollection were not really at issue at trial.” (citation omitted)
• convictions for multiple counts of same crime do not merge where separate counts represent offenses against separate victims
• claim that the sentencing court focused on the seriousness of the crimes charged, that the sentencing scheme was contrary to the norms underlying the sentencing process and that his sentence was manifestly excessive and unduly harsh
• claim that the sentencing court focused on the seriousness of the crimes charged, that the sentencing scheme was contrary to the norms underlying the sentencing process and that his sentence was manifestly excessive and unduly harsh

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).