485 Pa. 99
401 A.2d 312
Decided May 1, 1979
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1979-05-01
Key passage — most relied on by later courts
“having a potential for abuse associated with a stimulant effect on the central nervous system”
quoted by 1 later decision, including 284 Pa. Super. 623 - Commonwealth v. Hoetzel
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1979-05-01
Cited by 124 later decisions — most recently October 2019 · most notably Commonwealth v. Shiffler (2005), Commonwealth v. Harner (1992)
120 state decisions
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¶1concurring.
¶2The Commonwealth failed to establish what quantity of the amphetamines was sufficient to have “. . . a potential for abuse associated with the stimulant effect on the central nervous system.” Nor did the Commonwealth establish the quantity of amphetamine each capsule of those analyzed possessed.
¶3For these reasons, I agree the conviction and judgment of sentence may not stand.