Commonwealth v. Bond

HOFFMAN, Judge:

These are consolidated appeals from the judgments of sentence for robbery and related offenses. Appellant contends that the sentencing court erred in applying the mandatory sentencing provisions contained in 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9712, because the Commonwealth failed to prove that appellant possessed a “firearm” as that term is defined in § 9712(e). For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgments of sentence.

On August 20, 1984, appellant pled guilty to a total of nine charges on two criminal informations, which arose out of two separate incidents.1 The Commonwealth later notified…