Commonwealth v. Gipple

KELLY, Judge.

In this case we are called upon to determine whether the imposition of mandatory fines in 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 7508 violates Article I, Section 13 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. We find that it does not and affirm.

The relevant facts and procedural history of this case are as follows. On March 29, 1990, the Huntingdon Borough Police conducted a sting operation. The police observed the appellant, David Gipple, in the middle of a drug transaction that involved 3.45 grams of cocaine. Later that evening, the Attorney General’s Drug Task Force conducted a search of the appellant’s home.…