Commonwealth v. Sutton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
HUDOCK, Judge:
This direct appeal is from the judgment of sentence imposed upon Appellant, Willie Sutton (hereinafter “Appellant”). We vacate and remand for resentencing.
On May 31, 1985, while escaping the robbery of a Philadelphia bank, Appellant shot Police Officer Joseph Corvi in the right side of the skull. On March 14, 1989, Appellant pled guilty to aggravated assault (the shooting of Officer Corvi), aggravated assault (the firing on a second officer), and possession of an instrument of crime. Appellant was sentenced to ten to twenty years for the first offense, a consecutive two to five…
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