Commonwealth v. Baker

Full title: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Jeffrey Wayne BAKER…

Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Date published: Jan 6, 2012

35 A.3d 3 (Pa. 2012)

Opinion

2012-01-6

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Jeffrey Wayne BAKER, Petitioner.

PER CURIAM.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court, No. 530 MAL 2011.

Prior report: Pa.Super., 24 A.3d 1006.

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?