Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Church
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 10, 1987No. 48 Western District Appeal Docket 1985PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
PAPADAKOS, Justice.
Appellee, Wayne E. Church, pleaded guilty before a District Justice to a charge of violating Section 4902(a) of the Motor Vehicle Code, 1 which permits both the Common wealth and local authorities to post weight restrictions on certain highways and bridges. Section 4902(g)(1) of the Motor Vehicle Code, 2 imposes a rising scale of penalties for violating weight restrictions imposed or posted under Section 4902(a). In pertinent part, Section 4902(g)(1) reads, "... any person convicted of operating a vehicle with a gross weight in excess of a posted weight…
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