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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/13/1987

Commonwealth v. Bolden

Citations

  • 532 A.2d 1172
  • 367 Pa. Super. 333
  • 1987 Pa. Super. LEXIS 9447

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that the record of the prior conviction is relevant for grading the offense under Pennsylvania law or when there are aggravating circumstances
  • noting that “we are required to score [out-of-state] conviction as we would a ‘current equivalent Pennsylvania offense’ ”
  • stating that a sentencing court must “carefully review the elements of the foreign offense in terms of the classification of the conduct proscribed, its definition of the offense, and the requirements of culpability”
  • expressing that, to calculate a prior-record score under the sentencing guidelines based on a foreign conviction, courts should identify the elements of the foreign offense and determine the equivalent Pennsylvania offense
  • car rental conviction for attempted second-degree burglary held equivalent to Pennsylvania’s criminal attempt [burglary] for sentencing purposes; fundamental inquiry in determining equivalency of offenses is the elements of the offenses
  • “Although the Crimes Code does not define ‘substantial step,’ our courts have focused on what measures the actor has already undertaken in pursuance of the crime which indicate his or her resolve toward the commission of that crime.” (citations omitted)

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Judges: Montemuro, Kelly and Cercone

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