Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Duxbury

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 12, 1996PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POPOVICH, Judge:

The appellant, James Walter Duxbury, appeals the judgment of sentence1 for violating 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 6302 (Sale of Weapons to Minors). We affirm.

The facts, viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict-winner and drawing all reasonable inferences therefrom, disclose that thir*1117teen-year-old Andrew Pilotti purchased a “pen-knife”2 from the appellant for four dollars at his display stand at a flea market in Solebury Township, Bucks County. Once the minor had shown the purchase to his mother, she phoned the police who questioned the child and learned that the “penknife” had been…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Newspapers, Inc. v. MatthewsTexas Supreme Court · 1960
  2. Commonwealth v. FisherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  3. Commonwealth v. AshfordSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  4. State v. CobbCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1978
  5. State v. CoxCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1971

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Com. v. Frick, B.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  2. Com. v. Valentin-Bair, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  3. STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. LUIS FLORES (15-04-0223, SOMERSET COUNTY AND STATEWIDE)New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2018
  4. State v. HardySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006

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