COM. v. RHODES

No. 143 WDA 2009.

990 A.2d 732 (2009)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Teri RHODES, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 31, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip B. Friedman, Erie, for appellant.

Elizabeth A. Hirz, Assistant District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

BEFORE: FORD ELLIOTT, P.J., ORIE MELVIN and BENDER, JJ.


OPINION BY BENDER, J.:

¶ 1 Teri Rhodes appeals the judgment of sentence imposed following her entry of an open plea of guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter, 18 Pa.C.S. § 2503(a), in the death of her infant daughter by neonaticide. Rhodes contends that the sentence imposed, of nine to eighteen years' incarceration, was manifestly excessive and the trial judge was motivated in imposing sentence by a pronounced bias that should have compelled him to recuse. Upon...

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