Court Opinion

ID: 9703401
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 23:54:40.313588+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:21:48.609245
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ROBERTS, Justice,
dissenting.
I dissent. The trial court sentenced appellant Vincent Ferrara to four months imprisonment and appellant Debra Ferrara to two months imprisonment for criminal contempt. Yet in doing so it failed to comply with the mandatory requirements set forth in the Sentencing Code. Review of the record discloses that the sentencing judge failed to consider the “nature and circumstances of the crime and the history, character, and condition of the defendant . . .” P.L. 1482, No. 334, § 1325, December 6,1972, as amended, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 1325. See Commonwealth v. Martin, 466 Pa. 118, 351 A.2d 650 (1976) (sentencing court acted improperly in automatically imposing sentence solely upon the crime); see generally, Commonwealth v. Kostka, 475 Pa. 85, 379 A.2d 884 (1977); Commonwealth v. Riggins, 474 Pa. 115, 377 A.2d 140 (1977) (plurality opinion). I would, therefore, vacate judgments of sentence and remand for appropriate resentencing under the Code.