Title: Commonwealth, Aplt v. Perry, S. (dissenting)

State: pennsylvania

Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Document:

[J-97-2010] [M.O. – Todd, J.] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellant v. SHAWNEY PERRY, Appellee : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 25 EAP 2010 Appeal from the Judgment of Superior Court entered on 1/7/2008 at No. 228 EDA 2005, vacating in part, affirming in part and remanding in part the judgment of sentence entered on 11/18/2004 in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Criminal Division at No. CP-51- CR-0610162-1996. SUBMITTED: October 13, 2010 DISSENTING OPINION MR. JUSTICE SAYLOR The General Assembly has tasked our Superior Court colleagues with finally reviewing the discretionary aspects of sentences and, in doing so, has sharply limited this Court’s jurisdiction in the field. See 42 Pa.C.S. §9781(f). While I supported a limited prerogative correction in Commonwealth v. Walls, 592 Pa. 557, 926 A.2d 957 (2007), I do not see that further intervention is called for at this time. Rather, I am satisfied that the Superior Court is performing its assigned role in this area of its expertise within the appropriate legal constraints.