Opinion ID: 2182404
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 11

Heading: Issues XIII-XIV

Text: Appellant contends that the sentencing court erred in failing to adequately state its reasons for the sentence on the record and that the sentence it imposed was excessive. We note first that although the sentencing judge did not announce his reasons on the record in compliance with Commonwealth v. Riggins, 474 Pa. 115, 377 A.2d 140 (1977), that failure has been waived as a separate issue. Appellant failed to raise it in his motion for modification of sentence and it has thus not been preserved for appeal. See Commonwealth v. Martin, 328 Pa.Super. 498, 477 A.2d 555 (1984) (en banc). However, we find that the excessiveness issue has been properly preserved. Furthermore, we are unable to decide that issue from the record before us. Thus, we will remand the case for resentencing in order for the lower court to place its reasons for the sentence upon the record. See Martin, supra . [11] Judgment of sentence vacated and case remanded for resentencing. Jurisdiction relinquished.