Commonwealth v. Bizzel
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
*103OPINION BY
SHOGAN, J.:
Appellant, Jermal Bizzel, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered on April 16, 2018, in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. In this appeal, Appellant argues that the unconstitutional provisions of 18 Pa.C.S. § 6317 (Drug-free school zones) cannot be severed from the remainder of the statute, and therefore, the entire statute should be declared void and unenforceable. We conclude they cannot be severed, and thus hold that 18 Pa.C.S. § 6817 is unconstitutional. Accordingly, we affirm Appellant’s convictions, but we vacate the judgment of sentence and remand…
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