Commonwealth v. Brookins

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Commonwealth v. Brookins

613 A.2d 554, 531 Pa. 397, 1992 Pa. LEXIS 456

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania·Decided September 21, 1992·No. Appeal No. 30 E.D. Appeal Dkt., 1991·Published

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ORDER

PER CURIAM.

Inasmuch as the Commonwealth filed a timely motion to vacate the erroneous sentence imposed by the trial court, appellant’s contention that the trial court was never accorded [398] an opportunity to correct the sentence is without merit. For the reasons stated in the opinion filed in Commonwealth v. Corporan, — Pa.-, 613 A.2d 530 (1992), the decision of the Superior Court vacating the sentence imposed by the trial court and remanding for application of the mandatory minimum sentencing statute, 18 Pa.C.S. § 7508(a), is affirmed.

NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter. McDERMOTT, J., did not participate in the decision of this matter.

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ORDER

PER CURIAM.

Inasmuch as the Commonwealth filed a timely motion to vacate the erroneous sentence imposed by the trial court, appellant’s contention that the trial court was never accorded [398] an opportunity to correct the sentence is without merit. For the reasons stated in the opinion filed in Commonwealth v. Corporan, — Pa.-, 613 A.2d 530 (1992), the decision of the Superior Court vacating the sentence imposed by the trial court and remanding for application of the mandatory minimum sentencing statute, 18 Pa.C.S. § 7508(a), is affirmed.

NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter. McDERMOTT, J., did not participate in the decision of this matter.

Commonwealth v. Brookins, 613 A.2d 554, 531 Pa. 397, 1992 Pa. LEXIS 456 (Pa. 1992).

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