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COM. v. SPRUILL

No. 54 EAP 2011

80 A.3d 453 (2013)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Shonda SPRUILL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 22, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh J. Burns Jr., Esq. , Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Karl Baker, Esq. , Mark Patrick Cichowicz, Esq. , Defender Association of Philadelphia, for Shonda Spruill.

CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, and STEVENS, JJ.

OPINION

Chief Justice CASTILLE1.

This appeal by the Commonwealth presents an issue concerning the proper scope of the "illegal sentence" doctrine, which allows for review of otherwise defaulted claims. The Superior Court held that the claim at issue, which concerned the propriety of appellee's conviction for the offense of aggravated assault, implicated the legality of appellee's sentence; found that the claim was meritorious...

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