Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1982

Commonwealth v. Stidham

Commonwealth v. Stidham
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided December 23, 1982 · Brien, Flaherty, Hutchinson, Larsen, McDermott, Nix, Opinions, Roberts
499 Pa. 268; 452 A.2d 1348; 1982 Pa. LEXIS 674

Commonwealth v. Stidham

Opinion of the Court

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

Judgments of Sentence imposed under Information Nos. 1591 (murder) and 1593 (conspiracy) are affirmed.

Judgment of Sentence entered under Information No. 1594 (robbery) is vacated. See, Commonwealth v. Tarver, 493 Pa. 320, 426 A.2d 569 (1981).

LARSEN and McDERMOTT, JJ., filed dissenting opinions.

Dissenting Opinion

LARSEN, Justice,

dissenting.

I dissent from the majority’s order of this Court vacating appellant’s sentence for robbery. In support thereof I cite my dissenting opinion in Commonwealth v. Tarver, 493 Pa. 320, 426 A.2d 569 (1981).

Dissenting Opinion

McDERMOTT, Justice,

dissenting.

I dissent from the order of the Court insofar as it vacates appellant’s sentence for robbery on the authority of Commonwealth v. Tarver, 493 Pa. 320, 426 A.2d 569 (1981). Appellant committed two separate and distinct offenses: robbery and murder of the second degree. I would overrule Tarver and hold that the lower court did not abuse its broad discretion in sentencing appellant for both crimes. See Commonwealth v. Tarver, 493 Pa. at 331, 426 A.2d at 575 (dissenting opinion of Mr. Justice Larsen). See also, Com*270monwealth v. McDuffie, 499 Pa. 325, 453 A.2d 331 (1982) (dissenting opinion of Mr. Justice McDermott).

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