Court Opinion

ID: 9635497
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 13:52:19.185657+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T10:53:27.899222
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POMEROY, Justice,
concurring and dissenting.
For the reasons stated in my concurring and dissenting opinion in the case of Commonwealth v. Riggins, 474 Pa. 115, 377 A.2d 140 (1977), I do not join in the opinion of the majority. My reading of the record, however, indicates that the lower court failed to comply with the mandates of Pa.R.A.P 1925(a)1 and I therefore agree that the sentence must be vacated and the case remanded so that the trial court may articulate the reasons for the sentence imposed. See Commonwealth v. Riggins, supra (Concurring and Dissenting Opinion of Pomeroy, J.).

. Pa.R.A.P. 1925(a) provides as follows:
“(a) General rule. Upon receipt of the notice of appeal the judge who entered the order appealed from, if the reasons for the order do not already appear of record, shall forthwith file of record at least a brief statement, in the form of an opinion, of the reasons for the order, or for the rulings or other matters complained of, or shall specify in writing the place in the record where such reasons may be found.”