Court Opinion

ID: 9629833
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 09:50:42.233466+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:29:09.214223
License: Public Domain

GANTMAN, J.:
¶ 1 Frankly, I think that 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3806 is no model of clarity. Although subsection (a) provides a definition of “pri- or offense,” subsection (a) is plainly modified by subsection (b). Subsection (b) suggests a recidivist philosophy because subsection (b) calculates “repeat offenses” as dispositions occurring within ten years before the present offense occurred. Nevertheless, we are bound by the Stafford decision. Accordingly, I respectfully concur in the result reached in the present case.