Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 1972

Commonwealth v. Thompson

Commonwealth v. Thompson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Decided March 24, 1972
221 Pa. Super. 732; 289 A.2d 222; 1972 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1648

Commonwealth v. Thompson

Opinion of the Court

Opinion

Per Curiam:

This defendant was sentenced under the Gun Possession Law of July 30, 1968, P. L. , No. 227, §1, 18 P.S. §4416 (b), without having previously been charged, arraigned, or indicted therefor, which is contrary to the law as recently held in Commonwealth v. Hermankevich, 118 P.L.J. 24 (1909), affirmed per curiam, 217 Pa. Superior Ct. 731, 266 A. 2d 509 (1970).

Therefore, the judgment of sentence for violation of the Act of July 30, 1968, P. L. , No. 227, §1, is vacated and in all other respects the judgment of sentence is affirmed.

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