Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 3/3/1987

Commonwealth v. Waters

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522 A.2d 60
361 Pa. Super. 154
1987 Pa. Super. LEXIS 7229

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reversing a disposition in lieu of punishment under 35 P.S. § 780-118(f)
legislature had limited trial court’s discretionary authority to impose suspended sentence and probation under section 780-118 by imposing mandatory minimum sentence for drunken driving
special newly enacted statute applying to drunk drivers must be construed to take precedence over more general statute permitting probation for drug or alcohol dependency enacted over ten years earlier
DUI statute’s specific provision for mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment takes precedence over the general provision of 35 P.S. § 780-118, permitting substance-dependent defendants to undergo treatment as civil commitment for treatment in lieu of criminal punishment
DUI statute's specific provision for mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment takes precedence over the general provision of 35 P.S. § 780-118, permitting substance-dependent defendants to undergo treatment as civil commitment for treatment in lieu of criminal punishment

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Judges: Cavanaugh, Wickersham, McEwen

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