Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Scott
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 8, 2017No. 1470 WDA 2016PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
MOULTON, J.:
Thomas Marcel Scott appeals from the June 23, 2016 1 judgment of sentence following his conviction for one count of firearms not to be carried without a license, 18 Pa.C.S. § 6106(a)(2). We reject Scott’s claim that he qualified for an exception to section 6106 of the Pennsylvania Uniform Firearms Act of 1995 (“PUFA”), which prohibits carrying a concealed firearm without a license. Nevertheless, because the trial court erred in finding Scott strictly liable for carrying a concealed firearm, we vacate the judgment of sentence and remand for a new trial. For the reasons…
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