Court Opinion

ID: 9544481
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 16:56:02.394979+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:13:05.393494
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HUTCHINSON, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the result. I have no quarrel with the majority’s holding that Section 9712 of the Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9712, applies generally to the crime of voluntary manslaughter and specifically to the type of voluntary manslaughter defined in Section 2503(a) of the Crimes Code, 18 Pa.C.S. 2503(a). On the constitutional issue, I would simply affirm on the basis of Commonwealth v. Wright, 508 Pa. 25, 494 A.2d 354, aff'd. sub. nom. McMillan v. Pennsylvania, — U.S. —, 106 S.Ct. 2411, 91 L.Ed.2d 67 (1985).
In addition, for the reasons set forth in my concurring opinion in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Parker White Metal Co., 512 Pa. 74, 515 A.2d 1358 (1986), I wish to note my belief that the dictum discussing a three-tiered equal protection analysis is neither necessary nor appropriate.