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COM. v. DICKSON

918 A.2d 95 (2007)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Ravah DICKSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 29, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl Baker, Esq., Peter Rosalsky, Esq., Karl Lawrence Morgan, Esq., Philadelphia, for Ravah Dickson.

Hugh J. Burns, Esq., Regina M. Oberholzer, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and BAER, JJ.

OPINION

Justice BAER.

We are asked to consider whether the sentencing enhancement codified at 42 Pa. C.S. § 9712, which imposes a mandatory sentence enhancement on a person who visibly possesses a firearm or firearm replica during the commission of a crime of violence,1 applies to an unarmed co-conspirator to the underlying crime where his accomplice brandishes a firearm during...

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