Commonwealth v. Braddock, K. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT M.D. Appeal Dkt. 73 MAP 2017 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Petitioner v. KATHLEEN E. BRADDOCK, Respondent : No. 309 MAL 2017 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Superior Court : : : : : : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 20th day of November, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as framed by the Commonwealth, is as follows: Whether the Superior Court, relying on Commonwealth v. Giron, 155 A.3d 635 (Pa. Super. 2017), improperly expanded the illegal sentencing doctrine when it vacated Braddock’s sentence on a non-preserved constitutional issue, holding that Birchfield v. North Dakota, 136 S.Ct. 2160 (2016), rendered enhanced penalties under 75 Pa.C.S. §§ 3803-3804 illegal, even though Birchfield recognized exigent circumstances or a search warrant can still justify increased penalties for a blood test refusal?

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