Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 4/8/2019

Commonwealth v. Blount

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207 A.3d 925

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holding that rejection of a negotiated sentence “does not require the conclusion that [a trial judge] was biased, prejudiced, or unfair such that [the judge] should have recused herself from th[e] matter”
concluding trial court properly considered Section 9721(b) factors when resentencing juvenile pursuant to Montgomery and Miller
holding that the appellant’s recusal claim was waived because the appellant waited until the - 13 - J-A01045-21 end of sentencing to move for the judge to recuse herself, rather than when he became aware of the basis for his recusal request
stating that the imposition of a mandatory maximum sentence of life in prison for a juvenile defendant convicted of first-degree murder prior to Miller was constitutional
“We hold that merely because the district attorney and defense counsel negotiate a stipulated sentence, the sentencing judge is not bound thereby and has the ultimate independent responsibility to impose a sentence consistent with the Sentencing Code.”

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Judges: Olson, Dubow, Stevens

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