Commonwealth v. Duncan

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones,

On November 23, 1971, appellant was tried by the court without a jury and was convicted of loitering and prowling under the Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, §418, as amended, 18 P.S. §4418 (recodified as 18 Pa. S. §5506). Following denial of post-trial motions, appellant was sentenced to two to twelve months’ imprisonment. On appeal, the Superior Court affirmed with three judges dissenting.1 We granted allocatur limited *497“to the constitutional issue of vagueness and the issue of determining the extent of Section 418 with respect to the use and meaning of the…