Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 6/24/2002

Commonwealth v. Griffin

Citations

804 A.2d 1
2002 Pa. Super. 203
2002 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1214

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recognizing that appellant’s failure to raise the issue of the trial court’s alleged bias before the trial judge resulted in waiver of the claim
explaining that sentencing claims not raised in post-sentence motion are waived and cannot be raised for first time on appeal
observing that in the wake of Apprendi, if an enhanced sentence is based upon the fact of a prior conviction, then the sentence is constitutional
stating that “a court is required to consider the particular circumstances of the offense and the character of the defendant.”
noting that a sentencing court is required “to consider the prior criminal record to ascertain a defendant’s amenability to rehabilitation”
noting that our law requires a sentencing court “to consider the prior criminal record to ascertain a defendant’s amenability to rehabilitation[.]”

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Judges: Hudock, Bowes, Cavanaugh

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