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COM. v. ALLEN

508 Pa. 114 (1985)

494 A.2d 1067

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

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 27, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric B. Henson, Deputy Dist. Atty., Harriet R. Brumberg, Steven Cooperstein, Philadelphia, for appellant.

John W. Packel, Chief, Appeals Div., Leonard Sosnou, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

The issue in this appeal is the constitutionality of section 9714 of the Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Act ("Act"), 42 Pa.C.S. § 9714, which requires the imposition of a minimum sentence of five (5) years' total confinement upon persons convicted of certain violent felonies upon proof that the defendant has been previously convicted in a federal or state court of a crime of violence. For the reasons expressed in our decision...

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