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COM. v. HANSON

No. 55 EAP 2011

82 A.3d 1023 (2013)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Carl P. HANSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 27, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl Baker, Esq. , Philadelphia, Ellen T. Greenlee, Esq. , Peter Rosalsky, Esq. , Defender Association of Philadelphia, for Carl P. Hanson.

Hugh J. Burns Jr., Esq. , Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.1

This appeal centrally presents questions of statutory construction pertaining to the five-year mandatory minimum sentence attaching to the offense of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver ("PWID"), see 35 P.S. § 780-113(a)(30), while in possession or control of a firearm. See 42 Pa.C.S. § 9712.1(a).

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