State v. Semenchuk

Timothy E. McMonagle, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, George Semenchuk, appeals his convictions for having a weapon under disability and for failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer. For the reasons that follow, we reverse appellant’s conviction for having a weapon while under the disability of chronic alcoholism and affirm the failure-to-comply conviction.

The facts relevant to this appeal reveal that during the early morning hours of February 18, 1995, Patrolman Jeffrey Gezymalla responded to a call for assis*35tance at Sneaky Pete’s Bar in Seven Hills. Upon arriving at the bar,…