Commonwealth v. Ward

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• although repealed procedural rule seemed to allow trial court to impose partially consecutive sentences, this authority was foreclosed by a legislative act providing for automatic aggregation of consecutive sentences
• the trial court did not abuse its discretion in imposing a sentence in excess of the guidelines based upon two aggravating circumstances, one of which was that the appellant was on probation at the time of the crime.
• although repealed procedural rule seemed to allow trial court to impose partially consecutive sentences, this authority was foreclosed by a legislative act providing for automatic aggregation of consecutive sentences

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Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. McNabb
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-02-12· cited 189×
• Commonwealth v. Ward
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-01-31· cited 96×
• State v. Riggs
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-05-01· cited 57×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Tuladziecki
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-10· cited 739×
• Commonwealth v. Bell
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-19· cited 48×
• Commonwealth v. Rooney
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-03-05· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Hollerbush
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-04-23· cited 24×
• Blackwell v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-06-09· cited 8×
• Wilson v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-12· cited 2×
• Hamlin v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-10-22· cited 1×