Commonwealth v. Sojourner

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

We consider here appeals from Orders of the Superior Court affirming the imposition of forty-eight hours’ impris onment and $300.00 in fines for violation of section 3731(a)(1) and (a)(4) of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. § 3731 (Supp.1986). In the Sojourner appeal (No. 104 E.D. Appeal Docket 1985), we are called upon to consider whether a judge has power to suspend sentence under the penalty section of this provision. In the Burton appeal (No. 126 E.D. Appeal Docket 1985), we will consider the ancillary issue of whether the imposition of a heightened…