Commonwealth v. Haynes

OPINION BY

SHOGAN, J.:

In these cross-appeals, Roysce Haynes (“Haynes”) and the Commonwealth appeal from the judgment of sentence entered on July 1, 2014, in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. On appeal, the Commonwealth challenges the trial court’s refusal to apply 42 Pa.C.S. § 9715, which mandates a life sentence for a defendant “who has previously been convicted at any time of murder,” based on the trial court’s conclusion that the term “murder” excludes “murder of an unborn child.” In. his cross-appeal, Haynes claims that the sentence of thirty-five to seventy years of…