Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Golson

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 4, 2018No. 256 EDA 2017PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY STEVENS, P.J.E.:

Appellant Brian Golson1 appeals from the judgment of sentence of fifty (50) years *996to one hundred (100) years in prison entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County on August 9, 2016, following his convictions of numerous sexual offenses. For the reasons that follow, we vacate the portion of Appellant's sentence finding him to be a sexually violent predator and affirm in all other respects.

The trial court detailed the facts and procedural history herein as follows:

In or about September 2014, Amber Beck was sexually assaulted in Pottstown, Montgomery…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Almendarez-Torres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  3. Alleyne v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  4. Commonwealth v. LordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  5. Commonwealth v. Muniz, J., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2017

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LucianiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  2. Com. v. Bonafide, N.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2021
  3. Com. v. Firpi, C.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  4. Com. v. Gadson, C.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  5. Com. v. Garcia, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020

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