Commonwealth v. Yuhasz

OPINION

Chief Justice CAPPY.

The Court granted allocatur in this case to determine whether the sentence imposed pursuant to Pennsylvania’s indeterminate sentencing scheme, which was within the statutory maximum but exceeded the aggravated range of the sentencing guidelines, violates the Sixth Amendment under the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004). For the following reasons, we hold that it does not and thus, the sentence imposed by the trial court is affirmed.

Appellant was arrested and charged with twenty-seven…