Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Mendez

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 17, 2013PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

2Per curiam

AND NOW, this 17th day of July, 2013, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue is:

In upholding a sentence that exceeds the statutory maximum explicitly set out in 75 Pa.C.S. § 3803, did not the majority violate the rules of statutory construction in order to avoid what it saw as “problematic consequences” resulting from a straightforward application of the statute?

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ConcordiaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. Com. v. Baker, W.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  3. Com. v. Brown, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  4. Com. v. Caceres, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  5. Com. v. Cantz, T.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015

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