Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Hassan AKBAR, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2015-03-04
Citations: 111 A.3d 168
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Hassan AKBAR, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 111
Pages: 168–168

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Hassan AKBAR, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
March 4, 2015.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 4th day of March, 2015, the Petition for Alowance of Appeal is hereby GRANTED, the order of the Superior Court is VACATED, and the case is REMANDED to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with Commonwealth v. Fields, — Pa. -, 107 A.3d 738, 744 (2014) ("[W]e hold that Section 9714(a)(1) of the Sentencing Code, 42 Pa. C.S. § 9714(a)(1) requires that a second-strike offender be sentenced to the prescribed minimum term of incarceration for each conviction of a crime of violence that is part of the second strike."). Jurisdiction relinquished.
Respondent's Application for Post-Submission Communication is DENIED.