Commonwealth v. Ward

TAMILIA, Judge:

This is an appeal taken from an Order of the trial court amending appellant’s 8 to 16 months sentence to provide for service of the sentence in a state correctional facility rather than in the Erie County Jail.1 This issue has not been reviewed recently by our appellate courts and the specific question of judicial power to amend a sentence to provide for a change of institution has not been addressed. The mootness issue is an important one as the appellate courts have consistently held that moot questions shall not be considered. Sweeney v. Tucker, 473 Pa. 493, 375 A.2d *4698 (1977)…