Court Opinion

ID: 9647814
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 13:51:25.305489+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:53.720986
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KELLY, Judge,
concurring and dissenting:
I join in all aspects of the majority opinion except the treatment of appellant’s challenge to the discretionary aspects of sentence. A recent en banc panel of this Court has ruled that to evaluate the substantive merits of challenges to discretionary aspects of sentences without regard to whether the appearance of a substantial question has been presented, as does the majority, allows appellant “ ‘in effect [to obtain] an appeal as of right from the discretionary aspects of a sentence.’ ” Commonwealth v. Williams, 386 Pa.Super. 322, 327, 562 A.2d 1385, 1388 (1989) (quoting Commonwealth v. Tuladziecki, 513 Pa. 508, 513, 522 A.2d 17, 19 (1987)). Instantly, appellant has failed to include the required Pa.R.A.P. 2119(f) statement and cursory review of the brief fails to reveal the appearance a substantial question. See Commonwealth v. Osteen, 381 Pa.Super. 120, 128, 552 A.2d 1124, 1128 (1989) (challenges based on the amount of weight accorded to legitimate sentencing factors do not raise a substantial question absent extraordinary circumstances); Commonwealth v. Willis, 380 Pa.Super. 555, 588, 552 A.2d 682, 689 (1988) (en banc) (same); Commonwealth v. Chilquist, 378 Pa.Super. 55, 59, 548 A.2d 272, 274 (1988) (same); Commonwealth v. Thompson, 377 Pa. Super. 506, 511, n. 1, 547 A.2d 800, 802 n. 1 (1988) (same); Commonwealth v. Carr, 375 Pa.Super. 168, 173, 543 A.2d 1232, 1234 (1988) (same); Commonwealth v. Moran, 369 Pa.Super. 109, 112, 534 A.2d 1103, 1104 (1987) (same). Thus, I would deny allowance of appeal. See Commonwealth v. Williams, supra, 562 A.2d at 1389; Commonwealth v. Graham, 372 Pa.Super. 365, 368-69, 539 A.2d 838, 839 (1988); accord Commonwealth v. Gambal, 522 Pa. 280, 561 A.2d 710 (1989).
Hence, I concur in part, and dissent in part.