Commonwealth v. Scassera

OPINION BY

FREEDBERG, J.:

¶ 1 This matter is before the Court on Robert Starr Scassera’s appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County denying his amended petition under the Post-Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”). We reverse the order, vacate sentence, and remand.

¶2 On May 16, 2000, Appellant was convicted after a jury trial of robbery, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 3701(a)(l)(iii), and recklessly endangering another person, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2705. Appellant was sentenced on June 26, 2000, to ten to twenty years imprisonment for the robbery conviction; no further sentence was imposed for the…