Court Opinion

ID: 4233516
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2017-12-29 20:25:00.36143+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:26:32.103629
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NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA            :    IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
                                        :          PENNSYLVANIA
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             v.                         :
                                        :
                                        :
ANTWINE HOLDER,                         :
                                        :
                     Appellant          :         No. 2429 EDA 2016

          Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence February 24, 2016
            in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County,
            Criminal Division at No(s): CP-51-CR-0011307-2014

BEFORE:    BENDER, P.J.E., MUSMANNO, J., and STEVENS*, P.J.E.

JUDGMENT ORDER BY MUSMANNO, J.:                FILED DECEMBER 29, 2017

      Antwine Holder (“Holder”) appeals from the judgment of sentence

imposed following his conviction of attempted murder, aggravated assault,

kidnapping, persons not to possess firearms, firearms not to be carried

without a license, and carrying firearms on public streets or public property

in Philadelphia.    See 18 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 901, 2702(a)(1), 2901(a)(2), 6105,

6106, 6108.        We vacate the judgment of sentence, and remand for

resentencing.

      Following a jury trial, Holder was convicted of the above-mentioned

crimes.   The trial court deferred sentencing and ordered a pre-sentence

investigation report. On February 24, 2016, the trial court sentenced Holder

to an aggregate term of 44 to 102 years in prison. Relevant to this appeal,

the trial court imposed a term of 20 to 40 years in prison for Holder’s

kidnapping conviction.      On March 7, 2016, Holder filed a Motion for
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* Former Justice specially assigned to the Superior Court.
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Reconsideration,1 which the trial court denied. Holder filed a timely Notice of

Appeal and a court-ordered Pa.R.A.P. 1925(b) Concise Statement of matters

complained of on appeal.

       On appeal, Holder asserts that the trial court imposed an illegal

sentence of 20 to 40 years for his kidnapping conviction.2 Brief for Appellant

at 22-23.

       The Commonwealth and the trial court agree that the sentence

imposed for Holder’s kidnapping conviction is illegal. See Commonwealth’s

Brief at 14-15; see also Trial Court Opinion, 1/27/17, at 6 (wherein the trial

court stated that “[t]he sentence on [Holder’s] kidnapping conviction … was

imposed in error.”). In its Opinion, the trial court noted that Holder faced a

mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S.A.

§ 9714(a)(1), but recognized that Holder’s sentence “exceed[s] the

statutory maximum sentence for a first-degree felony.” Trial Court Opinion,

1/27/17, at 6; see also 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 1103(1) (providing that a person

may be sentenced, “[i]n the case of a felony of the first degree, for a term

which shall be fixed by the court at not more than 20 years.”). Accordingly,
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1 Holder, pro se, had previously filed a Notice of Appeal on March 3, 2016.
This Court subsequently quashed the appeal as interlocutory, as the trial
court had not entered an order regarding the Motion for Reconsideration.

2 Although Holder failed to raise this claim in his Concise Statement,
“challenges to the legality of the sentence are never waived.”
Commonwealth v. Berry, 877 A.2d 479, 482 (Pa. Super. 2005).

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we must vacate Holder’s judgment of sentence and remand the case for

resentencing.     “As the resentencing has the potential to disrupt the trial

court’s entire sentencing scheme, we vacate all of [Holder’s] sentences and

remand for resentencing at all counts.” Commonwealth v. McCamey, 154

A.3d 352, 359 (Pa. Super. 2017).3

       Judgment of sentence vacated.             Case remanded for resentencing.

Jurisdiction relinquished.

Judgment Entered.

Joseph D. Seletyn, Esq.
Prothonotary

Date: 12/29/17

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3 We note that Holder also raised a challenge to the discretionary aspects of
his sentence. See Brief for Appellant at 15-22. However, in light of our
disposition, we need not address Holder’s second claim.                  See
Commonwealth v. Barnes, 167 A.3d 110, 125 n.13 (Pa. Super. 2017) (en
banc). Moreover, we note that Holder’s second claim is waived, as his
Motion for Reconsideration did not include his argument that the trial court
abused its discretion by imposing “consecutive sentences for these offenses
committed concurrently.” Brief for Appellant at 16; see also Motion for
Reconsideration, 3/7/16; Commonwealth v. Moury, 992 A.2d 162, 170
(Pa. Super. 2010) (stating that “[o]bjections to the discretionary aspects of
a sentence are generally waived if they are not raised at the sentencing
hearing or in a motion to modify the sentence imposed.”).

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