Commonwealth v. Bragg, G.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Commonwealth v. Bragg, G.

143 A.3d 890, 636 Pa. 394, 2016 Pa. LEXIS 1703

CourtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania

DecidedAugust 4, 2016

Docket67 EAL 2016 (Granted)

StatusPublished

Cited by8 cases

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Commonwealth v. Bragg, G., 143 A.3d 890, 636 Pa. 394, 2016 Pa. LEXIS 1703 (Pa. 2016).

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ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 4th day of August 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:

(1) Should the mandatory minimum sentence imposed by the trial court under 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9714 be vacated, and this matter remanded for a new sentencing hearing, due to the fact that § 9714 is unconstitutional as currently drafted?

This matter is consolidated with Commonwealth v. Macklin, 288 MAL 2015 and Commonwealth v. Sachette, 973 MAL 2015 for oral argument.

Justice WECHT did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.

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