COM. v. CLARKE

No. 860 WDA 2012

70 A.3d 1281 (2013)

2013 PA Super 190

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Shannon CLARKE, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed July 16, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Goodwin, Mercer, for appellant.

Robert G. Kochems, District Attorney and Cynthia A. Golkey, Assistant District Attorney, Mercer, for Commonwealth, appellee.

BEFORE: STEVENS, P.J., MUNDY, J., and FITZGERALD, J.


OPINION BY STEVENS, P.J.:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County following Appellant's plea of "no contest" to the charge of second-degree misdemeanor cruelty to animals, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 5511(a)(1)(i). Appellant contends (1) his sentence is illegal in that the trial court had no statutory authority to impose jail time, and (2) his sentence was manifestly excessive.1 After...

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