Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Dennis

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 22, 2017No. Com. v. Dennis, R. No. 1935 WDA 2015PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

BOWES, J.:

Appellant appeals from the judgment of sentence of ninety days house arrest and eighteen months probation following his guilty plea for driving under the influence (“DUI”) and driving without a license. He raises statutory and constitutional challenges to the trial court’s pre-sentencing revocation of bond for purposes of completing an alcohol assessment. We condemn the imprisonment of Appellant for his inability to pay for that assessment upfront. We are, however, constrained to affirm judgment of sentence, as Appellant received time credit for this period of…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Bearden v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Roberts v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  4. Commonwealth v. LudwigSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  5. In re D.A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Popielarcheck, A.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  2. Commonwealth v. KenneySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  3. Com. v. Harper, N.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2022
  4. Com. v. Labarriere, F.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  5. Com. v. Olivo-Vazquez, C.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2021

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