Commonwealth v. Waddell

OPINION BY

BENDER, J.

Appellant, Terrance Waddell, represented by Attorney Gary B. Zimmerman,1 appeals from the judgment of sentence of an aggregate term of 6-10 years’ incarceration and consecutive 5 years’ probation for drug and firearm offenses. Appellant argues that marijuana, now recognized by at least fourteen of our sister states as having accepted medical uses, no longer fits the criteria for a Schedule I controlled substance and, therefore, the statutes currently prohibiting possession of marijuana as a Schedule I substance are invalid. Appellant also argues that the physical evidence…