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NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
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Appellant :
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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-
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* 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).
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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.
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