Commonwealth v. Tuddles

¶ 1 This appeal from the denial of a Petition to Change the Locus of Sentence involves two relatively obscure statutes, 61 P.S. § 81, Illness of Prisoner; Removal For Treatment, and 61 P.S. § 2141, Absence From Jail For Occupational And Other Purposes.

¶ 2 Appellant was convicted of burglary and assault, and received an aggregate sentence of ten to twenty years in prison. On direct appeal, he raised a number of issues, including a challenge to the discretionary aspects of his sentence. This Court rejected the majority of his claims, but concluded his sentencing issue had merit, as the learned…