Commonwealth v. Scott

BECK, Judge:

Appellant was convicted of murder in the third degree and possessing instruments of crime generally. Appellant was charged with first-degree murder, third-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter and possessing instruments of crime generally.

On appeal, appellant who was sentenced to life imprisonment, questions whether the court erred in stating during the jury waiver colloquy that the maximum sentence for third degree murder was ten to twenty years and whether this statement was prejudicial to him.

Appellant’s life sentence is based on section 9715 of the Sentencing Code, 42 Pa.C.S.…