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COMMONWEALTH v. PETERSON

172 Pa.Super. 341 (1953)

Commonwealth v. Peterson, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

January 20, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Blumberg, for appellant.

Basil C. Clare, Assistant District Attorney, with him Raymond R. Start, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, RENO, DITHRICH, ROSS and GUNTHER, JJ. (ARNOLD, J., absent).

OPINION BY HIRT, J., January 20, 1953:

One may not be twice convicted of the same crime. So also, when convicted by plea or otherwise, a defendant may be sentenced but once. This has always been the law and the rule is invariable in its application with one exception, viz: Where a sentence is imposed during the term at which a defendant is convicted the court may alter the sentence by increasing or reducing the...

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