OPINION BY BECK, Judge
This case presents significant questions concerning the power of a judge to increase the severity of the punishment for a crime after the initial sentencing hearing.
The relevant facts are not in dispute. On August 11, 1985, Ronald Walker gained entry to the home of his estranged wife and held her hostage at gunpoint for five hours. Following a jury trial in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County...
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