Commonwealth v. Barnes

OPINION BY

STABILE, J.:

Appellant Kwame Lamar Barnes appeals from the January 30, 2014 judgment of sentence entered in the Common Pleas Court of Dauphin County (“trial court”), following his jury convictions for criminal attempt-homicide, aggravated assault, kidnapping, and recklessly endangering another person (“REAP”).1 Upon review, we vacate and remand for resentencing.

The facts and procedural history underlying this appeal are undisputed. On December 19, 2010, the victim, who was sixteen at the time of trial, was sleeping alone at her mother’s home in Steelton when she received a text…