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· 7/25/1980

Commonwealth v. Landi

Citations

  • 421 A.2d 442
  • 280 Pa. Super. 134
  • 1980 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2844

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that it was not cruel and unusual punishment to impose a prison sentence on a paraplegic confined to a wheelchair
  • defendant’s physical condition may be considered by the sentencing court in exercising its discretion in sentencing
  • imposition of prison sentence upon paraplegic offender did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment
  • not cruel and unusual punishment to impose a prison sentence on a paraplegic
  • guilty plea is a waiver of “a number of significant constitutional rights”
  • guilty plea is a waiver of \a number of significant constitutional rights\

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Judges: Price, Cavanaugh, Watkins

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