Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Allen
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 27, 1985No. 40 E.D. Appeal Docket 1984PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Chief Justice.
The issue in this appeal is the constitutionality of section 9714 of the Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Act (“Act”), 42 Pa.C.S. § 9714, which requires the imposition of a minimum sentence of five (5) years’ total confinement upon persons convicted of certain violent felonies upon proof that the defendant has been previously convicted in a federal or state court of a crime of violence. For the reasons expressed in our decision in Commonwealth v. Wright, 508 Pa. 25, 494 A.2d 354 (1985), we conclude that Section 9714 *116of the Act, like section 9712, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9712,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by28 opinions
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