Opinion
No. 238 EAL 2014
03-04-2015
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Petitioner v. HASSAN AKBAR, Respondent
Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Published Opinion and Order of the Superior Court at No. 3451 EDA 2010, at 91 A.3d 227 (Pa. Super. 2014) filed April 30, 2014, vacating the Judgment of Sentence of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas at No. CP-51 -CR-0007173-2009 filed July 12, 2010 ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 4th day of March, 2015, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby GRANTED, the order of the Superior Court is VACATED, and the case is REMANDED to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with Commonwealth v. Fields, ___ A.3d ___, ___, 2014 W.L. 7404548, at *6 (Pa. December 31, 2014) ("[W]e hold that Section 9714(a)(1) of the Sentencing Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9714(a)(1) requires that a second-strike offender be sentenced to the prescribed minimum term of incarceration for each conviction of a crime of violence that is part of the second strike."). Jurisdiction relinquished.
Respondent's Application for Post-Submission Communication is DENIED.