Commonwealth v. Alvarez

How courts have described this case

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• suggesting that G. L. c. 94C, § 32J, is “like” Federal and other State school zone statutes
• noting that the Legislature made clear that two consecutive sentences must be imposed
• assessing the validity of the Massachusetts’ drug-free school zone statute under the Massachusetts Constitution
• assessing the validity of the Massachusetts’ drug-free school zone statute under the Massachusetts Constitution
• punishment is constitutionally disproportionate if it “shocks the conscience and offends fundamental notions of human dignity”
• punishment is constitutionally disproportionate if it \shocks the conscience and offends fundamental notions of human dignity\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).