COM. v. JONES


520 Pa. 385 (1989)

554 A.2d 50

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. David L. JONES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Edward Mugford, Sr., Leonard N. Sosnov, John W. Packel, Philadelphia, for amicus — Defender Assoc. of Philadelphia.

Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Ronald Eisenberg, Chief, Appeals Div., George S. Leone, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and STOUT, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

The issue of concern presented by this appeal is whether a sentencing court may correct an illegal sentence by increasing the maximum period of incarceration after service of that sentence has begun.

On September 30, 1984, appellant, David L. Jones, lured his victim, by means of a ruse, into a vacant house. Appellant then choked and robbed the victim, threatened to kill her with a hatchet, tied her and gagged...

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