Court Opinion

ID: 9754996
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 20:20:23.622251+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:28:01.345985
License: Public Domain

STEVENS, J.,
dissenting:
¶ 1 I respectfully dissent. I agree with the Majority that the trial court abused its discretion in dispensing with a pre-sen-tence report on the basis that Philadelphia county’s prison system would be “overburdened” with state prisoners while awaiting a pre-sentence report.
¶ 2 However, I would find that in this case, a review of the record indicates that there was sufficient additional background information obtained by the trial court with its colloquy with the defendant. On that basis, I would find that the trial court’s decision not to order a P.S.I. report was discretionary with the trial court, and there was no abuse of discretion.
¶ 3 Therefore, I would affirm the decision of the trial court to not order a P.S.I. under the facts of the within case.