Sentencing • Juvenile Defendant • Age-appropriate Factors
Commonwealth v. Knox, PICS Case No. 17-0972 (Pa. Super June 5, 2017) Panella, J. (11 pages).
The record established that the juvenile defendant had mental health issues and suffered through a very difficult childhood; however, there was no indication that the trial court completely disregarded defendant’s circumstances when it imposed a 35-year prison term after his conviction for second-degree murder. The court affirmed the trial court’s judgment of sentence.
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