Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Hopkins, K.

*40 OPINION

Justice TODD.

In this direct appeal, we address questions regarding the constitutionality and severability of 18 Pa.C.S. § 6317(a)— which imposes a mandatory minimum sentence of two years total confinement upon a defendant for a conviction if a delivery or possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance occurs within 1,000 feet of, inter alia, a school—in light of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Alleyne v. United States, — U.S. -, 133 S.Ct. 2151, 186 L.Ed.2d 314 (2013). In that decision, the United States Supreme Court held that, under the Sixth Amendment to the…