Commonwealth v. Bethea

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided 1977-10-28

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MANDERINO, Justice, concurring. I agree with the majority that an accused cannot be punished by a more severe sentence because he chose to *581 exercise his constitutional right to stand trial rather than plead guilty. Here, the majority concluded that the sentencing judge may have been improperly influenced by appellant’s choice to stand tr…

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