Court Opinion

ID: 9707991
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 02:26:51.150278+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:17:59.932984
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HUTCHINSON, Justice, dissenting.
I dissent. For the reasons I stated in my concurring and dissenting opinion in Commonwealth v. Sessoms, 516 Pa. 365, 532 A.2d 775 (1987), I believe the sentencing guidelines are valid. I would reverse Superior Court and remand the record to Common Pleas for resentencing in accordance with the guidelines. I also note my agreement with Mr. Justice Larsen’s rationale for the conclusion that their provision for enhancement of sentence when a felon possesses *25a deadly weapon while committing a crime applies in this case.