A state prison inmate serving up to 30 years for raping a woman at random six years ago in Lancaster city will not be re-sentenced.

Robert R. Pitt, 23, filed a post-sentence motion alleging the sentencing judge did not consider his high school diploma, intoxication at the time of the crime, and other factors.

The Pennsylvania Superior Court denied the request for re-sentencing, finding that Lancaster County Judge Jeffery Wright properly reviewed that information before ordering a sentence of 11 to 30 years.

Pitt was a week short of being 18 when he approached a woman sitting on a porch on South Duke Street and attacked her in 2014. Pitt beat and raped the woman before stealing her phone.

Detectives pulled evidence from the phone, which was recovered, and were able to link Pitt to the crime through DNA.

Lancaster city police determined Pitt was a stranger to the victim.                   

Detective Robert Whiteford filed charges. Assistant District Attorney Karen Mansfield petitioned to have the case transferred from juvenile court.

Judge Wright was provided with a presentence investigation which included Pitt’s history and other information.

The Superior Court’s opinion states that a sentence can not be tossed because a defendant claims a judge did not sufficiently weigh certain mitigating factors.

MEDIA CONTACT: Brett A. Hambright, 717-295-2041; bhambright@co.lancaster.pa.us; Twitter: @BrettHambright