Commonwealth v. Magnum

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• concluding that the Commonwealth raised a substantial question by challenging the trial court’s failure to consider a deadly weapons enhancement in a situation where the appellant used a knife to threaten the victims
• concluding that the Commonwealth raised a substantial question by challenging the trial court’s failure to consider a deadly weapons enhancement in a situation where the appellant used a knife to threaten the victims
• concluding that the Commonwealth raised a substantial question by challenging the trial court's failure to consider a deadly weapons -9- J-S81042-16 enhancement in a situation where the appellant used a knife to threaten the victims
• noting that a discretionary aspect of sentence claim will be waived where it was not preserved in an objection at sentencing or a timely post-sentence motion
• “While a court may depart from the guidelines, it must first consider a range which includes the mandatory deadly weapon enhancement.”
• evidence that defendant threatened his ex-girlfriend and her current boyfriend after breaking into her house was sufficient

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