COMMONWEALTH v. BARNES

No. 36 EAP 2015.

151 A.3d 121 (2016)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Kareem BARNES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: December 28, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Cotter, Esq. , David Rudovsky, Esq. , Kairys. Rudovsky, Messing & Feinberg, LLP, Philadelphia, Leornard Sosnov Esq. , for Barnes, Kareem, Appellant.

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

Branden James Albaugh, Esq. , Hugh J. Burns Jr., Esq. , Philadelphia, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellee.

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


OPINION

This appeal presents the issue of whether a challenge, on direct appeal, alleging that a mandatory minimum sentence violates Alleyne v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, 133 S.Ct. 2151, 186 L.Ed.2d 314 (2013) (requiring that any fact that increases...

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