Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Johnson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 26, 2009No. 293 WDA 2008PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
FREEDBERG, J.:
¶ 1 This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas for Washington County after a hearing in which Eric Richard Johnson (“Appellant”) was found to be in violation of his probation. We vacate the sentence and remand to the trial court for resen-tencing in accordance with the reasoning set forth below.
¶2 The facts are not in dispute. On July 27, 2006, Appellant was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance (two counts), Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance (two counts) and Dealing in Proceeds of Unlawful…
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