Superior Court of Pennsylvania October 13, 1998 (Commonwealth v. Parker)

BECK, Judge:

In this direct appeal we are asked to address the constitutionality of a recidivist statute, 42 Pa.C.SA. § 9714, “Sentences for second and subsequent offenses,” as applied to the facts of this case. Appellant was convicted of a third robbery and sentenced to twenty-five to fifty years’ imprisonment.