COM. v. FIELDS

No. 18 EAP 2013.

107 A.3d 738 (2014)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Rudolph FIELDS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 31, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Rosalsky , Defender Association of Philadelphia, for Defender Association of Philadelphia Amicus Curiae.

Hugh J. Burns, Jr. , Priya M. Travassos , Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, for

Lee Mandell , Lee Mandell, P.C., for Rudolph Fields.

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


OPINION

In this appeal by allowance, we consider whether sentences for multiple crimes of violence committed in the same criminal episode are each subject to statutory enhancement, where the sentences are governed by the second-strike provision of Pennsylvania's recidivist sentencing statute.

In 1992, Appellee...

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