Court Opinion

ID: 9736033
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 18:41:16.319457+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:27:03.566319
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JOHNSON, Judge,
concurring.
I agree with my learned colleagues that the evidence was, indeed, sufficient to convict Bernard Yetsick of driving a motor vehicle while his operating privileges were under suspension, DUI related. I also agree that our Supreme Court has recently affirmed the mandatory requirement upon sentencing judges to permit allocution. Commonwealth v. Thomas, 520 Pa. 206, 553 A.2d .918 (1989). I therefore agree that a remand for resentencing is required.
*624In this case, where we have addressed the only substantive issue raised by Yetsick and where the sentence upon a finding of guilt under 75 Pa.C.S. § 1543(b) is mandatory, I would not conclude that this case should otherwise be remanded. Yetsick did file timely post-verdict motions and the only issue raised in those motions was briefed and argued in the trial court. My colleagues are affording Yetsick more relief than he has sought, assuming the correct resolution by the trial court of the only substantive issue.
Yetsick asks that the case be remanded only for resentencing if the guilty verdict was without error. My colleagues would seemingly remand for the re-entry of the guilty verdict and the re-enactment of all proceedings that normally flow thereafter. Therefore, I can only concur.