Commonwealth v. Parker

After appellant pleaded guilty to burglary and theft the lower court sentenced him to the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill for a term not to exceed three years. When informed by an official at Camp Hill that the institution would not accept appellant under that sentence, the lower court, without notifying appellant, modified its sentence to provide for an indeterminate term as required under 61 P.S. § 485. The court’s modification of the sentence without notice to appellant was an improper procedure. See 12 P.S. § 1032; Commonwealth v. Horsman, 239 Pa.Super. 534, 361 A.2d 433…