Commonwealth v. Rodda

JOHNSON, J.:

¶ 1 In this appeal, we revisit the issue of the degree of specificity required in the trial court’s contemporaneous statement at sentencing to explain the court’s reasons for deviating from the sentencing guidelines, 204 Pa.Code § 303.1-303.18 at 303.1(d). In Commonwealth v. Royer, 328 Pa.Super. 60, 476 A.2d 453, 458 (Pa.Super.1984), a panel of this Court held that “[w]here the trial judge deviates from the sentencing guidelines ... he must set forth on the record, at sentencing, in the defendant’s presence, the permissible range of sentences under the guidelines.” We now conclude…