Court Opinion

ID: 9652508
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 17:24:54.116684+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:12:51.939700
License: Public Domain

concurring and dissenting.
While I agree with the majority’s disposition of the issues raised by the Appellant, I cannot agree with its mandate on resentencing.
As laudable as the majority’s intentions may be in ensuring that this Appellant not be given another opportunity for some time to perform his “bundle of evils”, the majority’s good deed is procedurally incorrect. Unfortunately, the Commonwealth never appealed the trial judge’s imposition of sentence. Today, the majority removes its black robes and takes up the prosecutor’s shield in order to vindicate the Commonwealth. If the Commonwealth did not raise the sentencing issue, why should we?