Commonwealth v. Jarowecki

*245 OPINION

Justice TODD.

In this appeal, we address the proper grading of Appellant Craig Scott Jarowecki’s eight convictions for possession of child pornography under 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 6812(d)(2). For the reasons that follow, while Jarowecki’s convictions remain undisturbed, we conclude the trial court erred in deeming his convictions at counts 2 through 8 of the multiple count complaint to be “second offenses” under that statute, and thus erred in grading those convictions as second-degree, rather than third-degree, felonies. Accordingly, we reverse and remand.

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