Com. v. Pennington, J.

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NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
PENNSYLVANIA
Appellee
v.
JACK D. PENNINGTON
Appellant No. 3012 EDA 2013
Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence October 11, 2013
In the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County
Criminal Division at No(s): CP-46-CR-0006758-2012
BEFORE: ALLEN, OLSON and STRASSBURGER*, JJ.
CONCURRING STATEMENT BY OLSON, J. FILED DECEMBER 18, 2014
In light of this Court’s decisions in Commonwealth v. Newman, 99
A.3d 86 (Pa. Super. 2014) (en banc), Commonwealth v. Valentine, ___
A.3d ___, 2014 WL 4942256 (Pa. Super., Oct. 3, 2014), Commonwealth v.
Fennell, ___ A.3d ___, 2104 WL 6505791 (Pa. Super., Nov. 21, 2014), and
Commonwealth v. Cardwell, ___ A.3d ___, 2014 WL 6656644 (Pa.
Super., Nov. 25, 2014), I am constrained to concur with the learned
majority’s decision to vacate and remand for resentencing. However, for the
reasons set forth in the dissenting opinion issued by The Honorable Sallie
Updyke Mundy in Newman, and the concurring opinion issued by The
Honorable Mary Jane Bowes in Commonwealth v. Bizzel, ___ A.3d ___,
2014 WL 6756277, *4-*11 (Pa. Super., Dec. 2, 2014), I note my
disagreement with the issue of severability.
*Retired Senior Judge assigned to the Superior Court.
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Judge Strassburger joins the Concurring Statement.
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