Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The [UCEA], like the IAD, establishes procedures for the interstate transfer of persons against whom criminal charges are outstanding. Unlike the IAD, the [UCEA] applies to persons at liberty as well as to persons in prison.” Davis, supra at 139 n. 2, 786 A.2d‘at 175 n. 2. 5 . Testimony at trial determined Appellant and his family were from Newark, New .Jersey. (N.T., 5/7/03, at 52-63). 6 . Appellant includes in his brief a "Statement of the Scope and Standard of Review Pursuant to Pa.R.A.P. 3518." Rule 3518 was rescinded on January 14, 1999. Moreover, his "statement” falls short of the requirements of a Pa.R.A.P. 2119(f) Statement in that Appellant’s statement makes only bald assertions that his sentence was excessive. Williams, supra at 1389
holding that sentencing court abused its discretion by imposing an unexplained threeyear prohibition on adult pornography where defendant had been convicted of threatening federal officials holding rule 2119f statement must contain factual averments which suggest that sentencing code was compromised merely stating that sentencing court abused its discretion in imposing excessive sentence is inadequate recognizing that sentencing judges have the discretion to reject any sentencing guideline but no judge is required to do so holding that in order to aid the appellate review of whether an abuse of discretion has occurred at sentencing the trial court is required to articulate on the record reasons for imposing a particular sentence holding that the guidelines did not strip the sentencing court of its discretion to impose a concurrent sentence