In re Firster

BROSKY, Judge:

This appeal is from the denial of a juvenile’s petition for release from detention. Appellant raises two issues. First, she argues that the statutory parameters for the sentencing of juveniles, as stated in 42 Pa.C.S.A. 6353(a), were not complied with. Second, she maintains that even if those statutory requirements were met, that they work a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. We hold that the statute in question was not followed and that the appellant should be released. It is, therefore, unnecessary for us to…