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Pennsylvania Supreme Court upholds five year gun sentence law
In a unanimous ruling the Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed a 1962 mandatory sentencing law requiring at least five years for crimes involving a gun. The court ruled the firearm possession factor need not be proved beyond a reasonable doubt as long as it is not an element of the charge, applying to third degree murder voluntary manslaughter rape kidnapping and certain robberies and aggravated assaults.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
High Court
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Edward Rendell
Common Pleas Court
Robert N.C. Nix Jr