Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. David C. MENDEZ, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2013-07-17
Citations: 620 Pa. 600
Docket Number: No. 49 EAL 2013
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. David C. MENDEZ, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 620
Pages: 600–600

Head Matter:
71 A.3d 250
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. David C. MENDEZ, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
July 17, 2013.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 17th day of July, 2013, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue is:
In upholding a sentence that exceeds the statutory maximum explicitly set out in 75 Pa.C.S. § 3803, did not the majority violate the rules of statutory construction in order to avoid what it saw as "problematic consequences" resulting from a straightforward application of the statute?