Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/19/1989

Commonwealth v. Jones

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565 A.2d 732
523 Pa. 138
1989 Pa. LEXIS 388

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holding that respecting the sentencing “equation, reasonable men can obviously differ and thus the law has seized upon the wise decision to give great deference to the trial judge’s decision in this area”
quashing Commonwealth appeal after this Court reversed a trial court’s sentence based on § 9781(f)
designating the defendant’s prior criminal record and personal characteristics as sentencing factors
designating the defendant's prior criminal record and personal characteristics as sentencing factors
\[o]ne of the most important functions performed by a trial judge is the fashioning of the sanction to be imposed for those who are convicted of violating our laws\
“[o]ne of the most important functions performed by a trial judge is the fashioning of the sanction to be imposed for those who are convicted of violating our laws”

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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos, Stout

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