Commonwealth v. Bradley

OPINION

Justice CASTILLE.

This Court granted discretionary review in this criminal appeal to address whether appellant’s two prior armed robbery convictions arose from separate criminal transactions such that appellant was properly sentenced under what is commonly termed the “three strikes” provision of the Sentencing Code, 42 Pa.C.S § 9714(a)(2) (as amended December 20, 2000, effective in 60 days). For the reasons set forth below, we agree with the courts below that appellant’s prior convictions arose from separate criminal transactions and, accordingly, appellant was properly given an…