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COM. v. SCOLIERI

813 A.2d 672 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Joseph SCOLIERI, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 31, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome DeRiso, Pittsburgh, for Joseph Scolieri.

Carla M. DiCicco, Sally Katherine Kaye, Pittsburgh, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Before ZAPPALA, C.J., and CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR and EAKIN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice NEWMAN.

Notwithstanding the seriousness with which we consider the problem of underage drinking, we must accept that when the General Assembly selects words to use in a statute, it has chosen them purposefully. 1 Pa.C.S. § 1921(b). We cannot change those words to reflect our own public policy concerns, nor can we edit them based on the supposition that we know what the General Assembly meant to say when it said something different...

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