Commonwealth v. Mendez

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Commonwealth v. Mendez

71 A.3d 250

CourtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania

DecidedJuly 17, 2013

StatusPublished

Cited by20 cases

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Commonwealth v. Mendez, 71 A.3d 250 (Pa. 2013).

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ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 17th day of July, 2013, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue is:

In upholding a sentence that exceeds the statutory maximum explicitly set out in 75 Pa.C.S. § 3803, did not the majority violate the rules of statutory construction in order to avoid what it saw as “problematic consequences” resulting from a straightforward application of the statute?

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ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 17th day of July, 2013, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue is:

In upholding a sentence that exceeds the statutory maximum explicitly set out in 75 Pa.C.S. § 3803, did not the majority violate the rules of statutory construction in order to avoid what it saw as “problematic consequences” resulting from a straightforward application of the statute?

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