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Commonwealth v. Fields

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Mar 28, 2013
64 A.3d 628 (Pa. 2013)

Opinion

2013-03-28

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner, v. Rudolph FIELDS, Respondent.


Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court, No. 472 EAL 2011.

Prior report: Pa.Super., 29 A.3d 847.

ORDER


PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 28th day of March, 2013, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:

Did the Superior Court disregard the plain language of the “second strike” mandatory sentencing provision of the repeat-violent-offender statute when it held that the provision applied to only one of the multiple crimes of violence that [respondent], a previously-convicted rapist and burglar, committed in a later, second criminal episode in which he again raped a woman and burglarized her home?


Summaries of

Commonwealth v. Fields

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Mar 28, 2013
64 A.3d 628 (Pa. 2013)
Case details for

Commonwealth v. Fields

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner, v. Rudolph FIELDS, Respondent.

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Date published: Mar 28, 2013

Citations

64 A.3d 628 (Pa. 2013)

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