Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Dixon

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 7, 2012PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

BOWES, J.:

Bryan Lynn Dixon appeals his November 17, 2011 judgment of sentence imposed following entry of a plea of guilty to possession with intent to deliver (“PWID”) (marijuana) and possession of drug paraphernalia. The sentencing court applied the two-year mandatory minimum sentence for drug offenses committed within 1,000 feet of a school to Appellant’s conduct, which occurred within that radius of a daycare facility. See 18 Pa.C.S. § 6317. The Banks Group Daycare “fell squarely” within the definition of “school” approved in Commonwealth v. Lewis, 885 A.2d 51 (Pa.Super.2005),…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BoothSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  2. Commonwealth v. FosterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  3. Key Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Louis John, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. Commonwealth v. MazzettiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  5. Black v. Billy Penn Corp.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Hopkins, K.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  2. Commonwealth v. MusauSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  3. Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Lynn, W.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  4. Keffer v. Bob Nolan's Auto Service, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  5. Commonwealth v. WarrenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014

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