COM. v. PLASS


431 Pa.Super. 251 (1994)

636 A.2d 637

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Kenneth PLASS, Appellee.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed January 4, 1994.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Granted May 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Gilmore, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, for Commonwealth, appellant.

James R. Wilson, Asst. Public Defender, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before ROWLEY, President Judge, and McEWEN, CIRILLO, OLSZEWSKI, DEL SOLE, BECK, TAMILIA, KELLY and JOHNSON, JJ.


OLSZEWSKI, Judge.

The question before this Court en banc is a narrow one: When a defendant is sentenced for a drug offense involving more than 2.0 but less than 10.0 grams of cocaine, should the enhanced mandatory minimum apply if he was convicted of a prior drug trafficking offense before being sentenced, but after the commission of the principal offense? After carefully reviewing the parties' briefs and arguments, we are convinced that the sentence enhancement...

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