Opinion · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Baker
613 Pa. 507
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
- Date
- 2012-01-06
- Topic
- general
*508 ORDER PER CURIAM. AND NOW, this 6th day of January 2012, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is: Does the 25-year mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment imposed under 42 Pa.C.S. § 9718.2 violate Article I, Section 13 of the Pennsylvania Constitution as it is grossly disproportionate to the crime?
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AND NOW, this 6th day of January 2012, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is:
Does the 25-year mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment imposed under 42 Pa.C.S. § 9718.2 violate Article I, Section 13 of the Pennsylvania Constitution as it is grossly disproportionate to the crime?