Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 12/18/2002

Commonwealth v. Kitchen

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814 A.2d 209
2002 Pa. Super. 394
2002 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3816

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concluding that the failure to include a discretionary aspect of sentencing claim in a Rule 1925(b) resulted in waiver
noting that a claim that the court should have merged charges for sentencing is a challenge to the legality of sentence
rejecting overbreadth challenge to child pornography criminal statute where the appellant “fail[ed]to set forth a constitutionally protected activity, which is being criminalized”
finding an appellant’s convictions for sexual abuse of children for photographing sexual acts and for possession of child pornography did not merge because the act of taking the photographs was separate from the possession of them
finding an appellant’s convictions for sexual abuse of children for photographing sexual acts and for possession of child pornography did not merge because the act of taking the photographs was separate from the possession of them
“Unlike discretionary aspects of sentence, the legality of sentence is never waived and may be the subject of inquiry by an appellate court sua sponte.”

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Judges: Sole, Melvin, Brosky

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