Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. John CARMICHAEL, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1976-10-08
Citations: 468 Pa. 501
Docket Number: No. 384
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. John CARMICHAEL, Appellant.
Judges: Before JONES, C. J., and EAGEN, O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 468
Pages: 501–502

Head Matter:
364 A.2d 305
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. John CARMICHAEL, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted Jan. 14, 1976.
Decided Oct. 8, 1976.
Richard P. Nuffort, Lancaster, for appellant.
James R. Leonard, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Lancaster, for appellee.
Before JONES, C. J., and EAGEN, O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
PER CURIAM.
In this appeal from a judgment of sentence for voluntary manslaughter appellant contends that the trial court abused its discretion in sentencing him to a term of imprisonment of not less than four and one-half and not more than nine years, and that the sentence should be modified. It is alleged that this abuse of discretion occurred because the court considered material improperly contained in the court-ordered pre-sentence report. We have reviewed the record and conclude that the pre-sentence report did not contain any information which was unfairly prejudicial to the appellant. We are also satisfied that the sentence imposed, which was within the statutory limits for voluntary manslaughter, was not manifestly excessive. See Commonwealth v. Martin, 466 Pa.118, 351 A.2d 650 (1976); ABA Standards Relating to Appellate Review of Sentences, § 3.2 (Approved Draft, 1968).
Judgment of sentence affirmed.