Court Opinion

ID: 4299686
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2018-07-31 19:50:18.645415+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:49:31.591086
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
                               MIDDLE DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,                : No. 86 MAL 2018
                                             :
                    Respondent               :
                                             : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from
                                             : the Order of the Superior Court
              v.                             :
                                             :
                                             :
MARKEASE GILBERT COUSINS,                    :
                                             :
                    Petitioner               :

                                      ORDER

PER CURIAM

      AND NOW, this 31st day of July, 2018, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is

GRANTED. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is as follows:

      Whether the Superior Court erred in holding that the legal maximum
      sentence under 35 P.S. § 780-113(b) of the Controlled Substance, Drug,
      Device and Cosmetic Act is three years of incarceration when an individual
      has prior convictions for possession of paraphernalia, 35 P.S. § 780-
      113(a)(32), and possession of a small amount of marijuana, 35 P.S. § 780-
      113(a)(31).