J-S47021-15
NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION – SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
: PENNSYLVANIA
Appellant :
:
v. :
:
WILLIAM CLARK, :
:
Appellee : No. 2172 MDA 2014
Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence Entered August 28, 2014,
in the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County,
Criminal Division at No(s): CP-22-CR-0002146-2014
BEFORE: ALLEN, OTT, and STRASSBURGER,* JJ.
CONCURRING MEMORANDUM BY STRASSBURGER, J.:FILED AUGUST 19, 2015
I agree with the Majority’s conclusion that the trial court did not abuse
its discretion by rejecting Appellant’s weight-of-the-evidence claim.
Regarding Appellant’s challenge to the discretionary aspects of his sentence,
in his Pa.R.A.P. 2119(f) statement, Appellant, in my view, merely presents
what amounts to a bald assertion that his sentence is excessive. Thus, he
has failed to raise a substantial question worthy of appellate review. See,
e.g., Commonwealth v. Fisher, 47 A.3d 155, 159 (Pa. Super. 2012) (“[A]
bald assertion that a sentence is excessive does not by itself raise a
substantial question justifying this Court’s review of the merits of the
underlying claim.”).
* Retired Senior Judge assigned to the Superior Court.