DUI • Drug and Alcohol Assessment • Treatment • Mandatory Sentence of Intermediate Punishment
Commonwealth v. Watson, PICS Case No. 17-0366 (Pa. Super. March 8, 2017) Lazarus, J. (16 pages).
Trial court erred in sentencing when it mistakenly believed it was statutorily required to impose a sentence of intermediate punishment for the mandatory maximum term required for a second DUI offense, where a trial court was not bound to the mandatory maximum when sentencing a defendant to CIP. Judgment of sentence vacated, case remanded for resentencing.
