Commonwealth v. Popielarcheck

OPINION BY

DUBOW, J.:

The Commonwealth appeals from the October 9, 2015 Order denying the Commonwealth’s Motion for Modification of Sentence and amending the September 2, 2015 Judgment of Sentence. 1 After careful review, we affirm and hold that where a sentencing court sentences a DUI defendant to County Intermediate Punishment (“CIP”) pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 9763, the sentencing court is not required to impose a mandatory maximum sentence pursuant to 75 Pa.C.S. § 3804(d).

The relevant factual and procedural history of this case is as follows. On June 15, 2015, Alexis Popielarcheck…