Commonwealth v. MacIas

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the trial court does not abuse its discretion by giving a defendant’s mitigating evidence less weight than a defendant desires
• holding that this Court cannot simply “re-weigh the sentencing factors and impose our judgment in the place of the sentencing court”
• concluding a claim that the trial court only considered the seriousness of the offense raises a substantial question
• concluding claim that the trial court only considered the seriousness of the offense raises a substantial question
• stating that “[t]he failure to set forth adequate reasons for the sentence imposed has been held to raise a substantial question.” (citations omitted)
• concluding substantial question raised for claim that court imposed sentence based solely on seriousness of offense

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).