Sentencing • Juvenile Defendant • Eighth Amendment • State Guidelines
Commonwealth v. Fortson, PICS Case No. 17-0880 (Pa. Super May 26, 2017) Ransom, J; Platt, J., concurring in result (14 pages).
While juveniles are less culpable for criminal behavior than adults, the Superior Court declined to expand the categories of punishment prohibited for juveniles based upon diminished culpability in this case involving several serious crimes. The appellate court affirmed defendant’s judgment of sentence.
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