Commonwealth, Aplt v. Dimatteo, P.

OPINION

JUSTICE MUNDY

We granted review in this case to assess what relief, if any, a criminal defendant is entitled to when he raises an illegal sentencing challenge premised on Alleyne v. United States, 570 U.S. 99, 133 S.Ct. 2151, 186 L.Ed.2d 314 (2013) in a timely petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546, when, at the time Alleyne was decided, the defendant’s judgment of sentence was not yet final.

I

On November 20, 2012, Appellee, Phillip DiMatteo, entered into an open guilty plea to 56 counts1 of possession with intent to deliver (PWID) and one…