# Commonwealth v. Brown

> Superior Court of Pennsylvania · July 12, 1978 · 258 Pa. Super. 588

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6297261

## Case

- **Full name:** Commonwealth v. Joseph Brown
- **Court:** Superior Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** July 12, 1978
- **Citations:** 258 Pa. Super. 588; 391 A.2d 676; 1978 Pa. Super. LEXIS 4026
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Price, Voort, Would
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

OPINION
PER CURIAM:
Appellant’s claims of trial error are without merit. However, the judgment of sentence is vacated and the case is remanded for resentencing. The sentencing judge is instructed to file a statement of reasons for the sentence imposed. Commonwealth v. Riggins, 474 Pa. 115 , 377 A.2d 140 (1977); Commonwealth v. Martin, 466 Pa. 118 , 351 A.2d 650 (1976); Commonwealth v. Wertz, 252 Pa.Super. 584 , 384 A.2d 933 (1978).
PRICE and VAN der VOORT, JJ., dissented and would affirm.

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