889 A.2d 501
Decided December 28, 2005
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 2005-12-28
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Decided 2005-12-28
Cited by 84 later decisions — most recently October 2025 · most notably Commonwealth v. Johnson (2009), Commonwealth v. Spotz (2011)
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¶1AND NOW, this 28th day of December 2005, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is granted limited to:
Whether the Chester County detectives engaged in sentencing entrapment by continuing to make controlled buys of controlled substances over an extended period of time long after they had sufficient evidence to convict the defendant in an attempt to manipulate or enhance his sentence, and if so what is the proper remedy.