Court Opinion

ID: 9759742
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 00:26:40.947603+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:29:04.403184
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HOFFMAN, Judge,
concurring:
I agree with Judge CERCONE’S cogent analysis of the constitutional issues relating to the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (“A.R.D.”) program. I believe, however, that appellant’s contention that the A.R.D. program constitutes an improper delegation of a judicial function is not properly before us because appellant did not raise this claim before the lower court. Dilliplaine v. Lehigh Valley Trust Co., 457 Pa. 255, 322 A.2d 114 (1974). Moreover, counsel for both parties expressly stipulated in the Agreed Statement of Facts that appellant does not challenge the constitutionality of the A.R.D. program itself. Accordingly, I do not believe that we can properly address this issue. Weigand v. Weigand, 461 Pa. 482, 337 A.2d 256 (1975).