Court Opinion

ID: 9751561
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 16:36:03.603673+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:26:51.566710
License: Public Domain

Justice EAKIN,
concurring.
I agree with the per curiam opinion’s conclusion that the Commonwealth could not compel the trial court to apply the mandatory minimum sentence at Appellee’s resentencing. I *571write separately to acknowledge the Commonwealth’s ability to reserve the right to seek the mandatory minimum sentence should the terms of the plea agreement be violated. That is, waiver of the mandatory here could have been expressly premised on successful completion of probation; a violation of probation would bring it back into play.
Just as the Commonwealth could waive the mandatory minimum sentence in exchange for Appellee agreeing to certain terms and conditions, it also possesses the ability to reserve the right to re-invoke its options should the terms or conditions of the plea agreement be violated. Here, the Commonwealth did not reserve such a right, and hence I join the per curiam opinion.