Opinion
No. 252 WAL 2019
02-11-2020
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. James Paul FINNECY, Petitioner
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW , this 11th day of February, 2020, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED . The issue, rephrased for clarity, is:
Does a single, past conviction for a violent crime constitute a "history of present or past violent behavior" for purposes of the Recidivism Risk Reduction Incentive Act ("RRRI Act"), 61 Pa.C.S. §§ 4501 - 4512 ?
Moreover, the parties are directed to address the following threshold issue as well:
Does a court's failure to apply a RRRI minimum sentence implicate the legality of sentence?