Commonwealth v. Clarke

OPINION BY

STEVENS, P.J.:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County following Appellant’s plea of “no contest” to the charge of second-degree misdemeanor cruelty to animals, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 5511(a)(l)(i). Appellant contends (1) his sentence is illegal in that the trial court had no statutory authority to impose jail time, and (2) his sentence was manifestly excessive.1 After a careful review, we conclude the trial court had the authority to impose a period of incarceration upon Appellant, and we find no merit to his discretionary…