Commonwealth v. Durham

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a decision of the Court of Appeals which declared that the maximum aggregate sentence for a persistent felony offender in the second degree who is convicted of multiple Class D felonies is ten years.

The Commonwealth argues that the trial judge properly sentenced Durham to twenty years in prison and that the decision of the Court of Appeals is in direct conflict with the relevant statutory and case authority. Durham contends that the twenty year sentence should be corrected to a ten year sentence because the maximum sentence for a persistent felony…