Commonwealth v. Glover

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 25, 1959

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1959-11-25

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Decided 1959-11-25

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Cited by 98 later decisions — most recently December 2017 · most notably Commonwealth v. Williams (1999), Commonwealth v. Wright (1985)

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¶1Dissenting Opinion by

Me. Justice Bell:

¶2I agree with Judge Flood and a unanimous Superior Court in their interpretation of the Drug Act of 1957* I believe that the Act is mandatory and that a reasonable interpretation thereof means a minimum sentence of five years and a maximum sentence of ten years. There is no magic in, nor necessity for, the use of the words “maximum and minimum”; I cannot understand how the Act can be interpreted as the majority construes it.

¶3 I likewise agree with Judge Flood that the punishment prescribed by the Act is too harsh.