Commonwealth v. Mefford

STEVENS, J.:

¶ 1 The Commonwealth appeals from the order entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County, which acted under 61 P.S. § 2141, infra, to grant Appellee a temporary work and child care furlough immediately after imposing a mandatory one-to-two year sentence for DUI. Specifically, the Commonwealth argues that the court lacked furlough jurisdiction under Section 2141 because Appel-lee received “a state sentence with a maximum term of two (2) years, and was under the exclusive jurisdiction of the [State] Bureau of Corrections.” In fact, the sentencing court described Appellee’s…