Commonwealth v. Dinola

¶ 1 We are presented with the question of whether, in sentences imposed after the 1998 amendments to 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 1106, the sentencing court is required to specify the amount of restitution at the time of sentencing. In this case, the sentencing court left the amount of restitution open. Apparently this is a common practice in Bucks County. A hearing at which the amount of restitution was set was not held until eighteen months after sentencing. Whether or not it is a common practice, we conclude that after the 1998 amendments, this practice is improper and a sentencing court may not leave…