COMMONWEALTH v. ALI

No. 84 MAP 2015.

149 A.3d 29 (2016)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Rafie L. ALI, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: November 22, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Martin Falin, Esq. , Montgomery County Dist. Attorney's Office, Kevin R. Steele , for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellant.

Elizabeth Louise Lippy, Esq. , Fairlie & Lippy, PC, for Rafie L. Ali, Appellee.

Hugh J. Burns Jr., Esq. , for Pennsylvania Dist. Attorney's Ass'n, Appellant Amicus Curiae.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, JJ.


OPINION

This Court granted discretionary review to determine the propriety of the trial court considering victim impact evidence at a sentencing proceeding where the offenses at issue were not crimes against a person. Citing 42 Pa.C.S. § 9738...

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