Commonwealth v. Norris

BENDER, J.:

¶ 1 The Commonwealth appeals the December 14, 2001 judgment of sentence in which the trial court sentenced Edward Norris (Norris) to ten to twenty years’ incarceration for aggravated assault, thereby declining to impose a mandatory sentence of twenty-five to fifty years’ imprisonment under the “three strikes law,” i.e., 42 Pa.C.S. § .9714(a)(2). Pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 9714(f), we are constrained to remand to the sentencing court for re-sentencing in accordance with the directives contained in this memorandum.

¶ 2 A brief factual and procedural history follows. In the early morning…