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Commonwealth v. Eck

Citations

  • 654 A.2d 1104
  • 439 Pa. Super. 530

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  • commenting that the constitutionality of Section 314 has repeatedly been upheld
  • considering information that crime committed while defendant was on probation as aggravating sentencing factor
  • rejecting appellant’s invitation to adopt the Model Penal Code definition of “insanity”, which is the same as Pennsylvania’s “guilty but mentally ill” definition; and recognizing that the constitutionality of § 314 has repeatedly been upheld
  • considering information that crime committed while defendant was on probation as aggravating sentencing factor
  • considering information that crime committed while defendant was on probation as aggravating sentencing factor
  • sufficient evidence where defendant had previously stated that he hated one victim, and where he helped himself to food and other household items of the other after breaking into her house

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Judges: Cavanaugh, Popovich, Saylor

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