Pennsylvania Sentencing Update - What criminal courts are no longer permitted to consider

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court (Com v. Berry) has overruled previous Superior Court decisions that permitted a judge to use a defendant’s prior arrest record at sentencing.
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Pennsylvania Legal Update - Supreme Court Rules that Judges are NOT permitted to consider prior arrest without convictions against convicted defendants
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The Court specifically stated that an arrest alone is meaningless and irrelevant for sentencing purposes. In other words, a record history of an arrest can’t be admitted or considered by a court at sentencing or for most other purposes.
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