Commonwealth v. Miller

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a claim the trial court considered charges that have been nolle prossed in sentencing an appellant presents a substantial question for review
• stating that, as one of the many factors a trial court may consider in fashioning a sentence, the trial court may consider the defendant’s “misconduct while incarcerated”
• finding no abuse of discretion for court to consider risk posed to firefighters and police by fire in murder victim’s house when sentencing on guilty plea to third-degree murder although arson charge had been nolle prossed as part of the plea agreement
• where defendant pled guilty, failure to accept responsibility permissible factor for consideration in fashioning sentence
• trial court may consider many factors when imposing a sentence, including seriousness of the offense, impact on the family, defendant’s unwillingness to accept responsibility, and defendant’s conduct while incarcerated

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

1 case in this archive cites this case.

• Commonwealth v. Tobin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-04-01· cited 140×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Griffin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-06-24· cited 420×
• Commonwealth v. Stewart
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-01-21· cited 134×
• Commonwealth v. Fish
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-05-15· cited 121×
• Commonwealth v. McNear
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-06-14· cited 85×
• Commonwealth v. Hudson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-03-18· cited 68×
• Commonwealth v. Rickabaugh
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-12-18· cited 66×