Case Title: Commonwealth v. Coleman, F. (Summary Disposition)

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Docket Number: 448EAL2004

State: pennsylvania

Court: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Date: 2005-05-25T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Petitioner v. FLOYD COLEMAN, Respondent : : : : : : : : : : : No. 448 EAL 2004 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Opinion and Order of the Superior Court at 854 A.2d 978 (Pa. Super. 2004) (Bender, Beck and Kelly, JJ) No. 3373 EDA 2002 vacating the Judgment of Sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (Brinkley, J) at No. 0107-1401. ORDER PER CURIAM And now, this 24th day of May, 2005, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED IN PART, and the portion of the order of the Superior Court reimposing respondent’s original sentence is hereby VACATED pursuant to Commonwealth v. Ward, 568 A.2d 1242, 1244 (Pa. 1990) (vacating and remanding for resentencing where Superior Court attempted to superimpose its judgment on trial court by directing sentence to be imposed; appellate court has no power to impose sentence, which is power to be exercised exclusively by trial court). The matter is REMANDED to the trial court for resentencing.