COM. v. COTTLE


260 Pa.Super. 85 (1978)

393 A.2d 1024

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Ernest COTTLE, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 3, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Packel, Assistant Public Defender, and Benjamin Lerner, Defender, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Deborah E. Glass, Assistant District Attorney, and F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.


VAN der VOORT, Judge:

Appeal is taken from judgment of sentence rendered following revocation of probation. The questions presented here are whether a sentencing judge should be obliged to place upon the record his explanation as to sentencing, or write an opinion thereon; whether the judge in this case abused his discretion in sentencing appellant to confinement when the probation department recommended to the...

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