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Commonwealth v. Hill

Citations

  • 629 A.2d 949
  • 427 Pa. Super. 440
  • 1993 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2256

How courts have described this case

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

  • “Simply put, the sentencing judge must state his or her reasons for the sentence imposed”
  • “Simply put, the sentencing judge must state his or her reasons for the sentence imposed”
  • “Simply put, the sentencing judge must state his or her reasons for the sentence imposed”
  • “Malice may be inferred from the intentional use of a deadly weapon on a vital part of the body.”
  • where a 205-pound victim grabbed a 130-pound defendant by the collar after threatening to beat him up, use of deadly force still was not reasonable
  • “Simply put, the sentencing judge must state his or her reasons for the sentence imposed”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Rowley, Cirillo, Olszewski

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