Imposition of Consecutive Mandatory Minimum Sentences • Second-Strike • Recidivist Sentencing Statute • Sentencing Court’s Abuse of Discretion

Commonwealth v. Griffin, PICS Case No. 16-1301 (Pa. Super. Oct. 18, 2016) Stevens, J. (9 pages).

The imposition of consecutive “second-strike” mandatory minimum sentences was proper where the Sentencing Code required imposition of the second-strike enhancement on every enumerated crime of violence. Judgment of sentence affirmed.