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COMMONWEALTH v. ALVAREZ

413 Mass. 224 (1992)

596 N.E.2d 325

COMMONWEALTH vs. ANGELO B. ALVAREZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

July 24, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin H. Keehn, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Cynthia A. Vincent, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Scott Harshbarger, Attorney General, Pamela L. Hunt, R. Michael Cassidy & Paula J. DeGiacomo, Assistant Attorneys General, for the Attorney General, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, & GREANEY, JJ.

GREANEY, J.

In this case, we consider challenges to the validity of G.L.c. 94C, § 32J, as inserted by St. 1989, c. 227, § 2, set forth below.1 This statute, commonly known as the "school zone" statute, establishes a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of not less than two years for any person who violates G.L.c. 94C, §§ 32-32F, or § 321, while within 1,000 feet of...

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