Com. v. Starner, L., Jr.

J-S08037-23 NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF : PENNSYLVANIA Appellant : : : v. : : : LEITH MICHAEL STARNER, JR. : No. 754 MDA 2022 Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence Entered April 19, 2022 In the Court of Common Pleas of Adams County Criminal Division at No(s): CP-01-CR-0001557-2021 BEFORE: OLSON, J., McCAFFERY, J., and COLINS, J.* CONCURRING STATEMENT BY McCAFFERY, J.: FILED: MAY 8, 2023 I agree that we are bound by the en banc Majority decisions in Richards and Moroz to treat Appellant’s prior acceptance of ARD as a first DUI offense. See Commonwealth v. Richards, 284 A.3d 214, 220-21 (Pa. Super. 2022), appeal granted, 518 MAL 2022 (Pa. Mar. 15, 2023) (en banc); Commonwealth v. Moroz, 284 A.3d 227, 233 (Pa. Super. 2022) (en banc).1 However, for the reasons expressed in my Dissenting Opinions, I believe Richards and Moroz were wrongly decided. See Richards, 284 A.3d at 222- ____________________________________________ * Retired Senior Judge assigned to the Superior Court. 1 See also Commonwealth v. Verbeck, 290 A.3d 260 (Pa. 2023); Commonwealth v. Hummel, __ A.3d __, 1147 MDA 2022 (Pa. Super. April 4, 2023). J-S08037-23 26 (Dissenting Op., McCaffery, J.); Moroz, 284 A.3d at 235-39 (Dissenting Op., McCaffery, J.). Thus, I am constrained to concur in this decision. Judge Colins joins the Concurring Statement. -2-