COMMONWEALTH v. GRIFFIN

No. 72 MAP 2017.

207 A.3d 827 (2019)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Tyrice GRIFFIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: April 26, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Brooks Thomas Thompson, Esq. , McMahon, McMahon & Lentz, for Griffin, Tyrice E., Appellant.

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

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


OPINION

This discretionary appeal requires us to determine whether, under Pennsylvania's recidivist sentencing statute, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9714, a second-strike offender is to receive separate mandatory minimum sentences for a conspiracy conviction and a conviction for the offense underlying that conspiracy...

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