Commonwealth v. Kraft

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• holding that the defendant’s argument that the court did not adequately consider her personal situation as a grandmother who had to provide care for a small child did not raise a substantial question such as to permit appellate review of the discretionary aspects of her sentence
• finding that defendant’s argument that the court did not adequately consider her personal life situation as a grandmother who had to provide care for a small child did not raise a substantial question so as to permit appellate review of the discretionary aspects of her sentence
• “[P]rior [connections], of whatever nature, with law enforcement authorities, are unquestionably among the circumstances to be scrutinized in determining the appropriate sentence.”
• no substantial question raised where appellant argued that court had not adequately considered certain mitigating factors
• argument that court did not adequately consider defendant's personal life situation as grandmother who had to provide care for small child did not raise substantial question so as to permit appellate review of discretionary aspects of sentence

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