Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Craven
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 4, 2003No. 18 WAP 2000 and 19 WAP 2000PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice NIGRO.
The issue before the Court in this consolidated appeal is whether the trial court properly determined that 18 Pa.C.S. § 5511(h.l)(6), which criminalizes an individual’s attendance at an animal fight “as a spectator,” is unconstitutionally vague and overbroad. As we conclude that the statute is constitutionally sound, we reverse.
On June 26, 1999, two Pittsburgh police officers, Officer Nicholas Uva and Officer Eric Churilla, were on routine patrol in the Ferrywood section of Pittsburgh when they noticed three men standing near a sport utility vehicle with the tailgate…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Commonwealth v. BarudSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Commonwealth v. MikulanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Commonwealth v. HendricksonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DavidsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Commonwealth v. SanchezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
- Commonwealth v. WadeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Eagle Environmental II, L.P. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Commonwealth v. BaumgartnerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
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