Commonwealth v. Baldwin

OPINION

Justice GREENSPAN.

Appellant Blaine Baldwin appeals the Superior Court’s order affirming the judgment of sentence for one count of possession of a firearm without a license and one count of carrying a firearm on the public streets of Philadelphia. We allowed this appeal to consider whether 42 Pa.C.S. § 9765 requires that Appellant’s two convictions merge for sentencing purposes. We hold that a plain reading of Section 9765 reveals the General Assembly’s intent that crimes with different statutory elements be punished separately. As each of the two offenses here contains distinct…