Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Thomas
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 26, 1986No. 18 and 19 W.D. Appeal Docket 1985PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
LARSEN, Justice.
On May 20, 1982, appellant Emily Clay Bruce was found guilty by a judge of retail theft (second offense) for the theft of a gold necklace valued at $2.84. On September 9, 1982, appellant James Arden Thomas, Jr. pleaded guilty to retail theft (second offense) for the theft of a set of Champion spark plugs valued at $12.71. Because each of the appellants had a prior conviction for retail theft, the aforementioned crimes which are the subject of this appeal were graded as misdemeanors of the second degree, rather than summary offenses, and appellants were…
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