State prosecutors may not seek the “school zone” mandatory minimum sentence for a probation violation after declining to ask for its application on the underlying original drug-related offense, the state Supreme Court has ruled.
The court decided the issue of first impression in a 16-page per curiam opinion, joined by Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille, along with Justices Max Baer, Debra Todd and Thomas G. Saylor.
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