Court Opinion

ID: 9387753
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-04-18 20:08:09.261934+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:18:15.327750
License: Public Domain

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
                               EASTERN DISTRICT

 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,                   : No. 291 EAL 2022
                                                 :
                     Respondent                  :
                                                 : Petition for Allowance of Appeal
                                                 : from the Order of the Superior Court
               v.                                :
                                                 :
                                                 :
 JAMES BERRY,                                    :
                                                 :
                     Petitioner                  :

 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,                   : No. 292 EAL 2022
                                                 :
                     Respondent                  :
                                                 : Petition for Allowance of Appeal
                                                 : from the Order of the Superior Court
               v.                                :
                                                 :
                                                 :
 JAMES BERRY,                                    :
                                                 :
                     Petitioner                  :

                                         ORDER

PER CURIAM

      AND NOW, this 18th day of April, 2023, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is

GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to the

remaining issue. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:

      Did it not violate due process and the Sentencing Code for the trial court to
      consider Petitioner's bare arrest record as a factor in imposing a more
      severe sentence, and did not the Superior Court err in reviewing this under
      an abuse[ ]of[ ]discretion standard?