Commonwealth v. Deaner

¶ 1 Appellant, Victor Nick Deaner, asks us to determine whether the trial court erred when it denied, without a hearing, his “Petition for Modification of Sentence Due to Illness.” We hold that the trial court properly denied Appellant’s petition where Appellant did not make a 'prima facie showing that his claim merited relief under 61 P.S. § 81. Accordingly, we affirm.

¶2 The relevant facts and procedural history of this appeal are as follows. Appellant is a diabetic with an extensive medical history. Aside from the physical infirmities generally associated with diabetes, Appellant has…