Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bavusa
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 29, 2003No. 48 EAP 2000PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Justice CASTILLE.
In 1997, the Pennsylvania General Assembly amended Section 6106 of the Uniform Firearms Act (codified in the Crimes Code at 18 Pa.C.S. §§ 6101-6126), which had previously graded as a felony of the third degree the act of carrying a firearm without a license. The amendment provided for grading of that same conduct as a misdemeanor of the first degree in certain circumstances — specifically, in circumstances where the person was “otherwise eligible” for licensure and the person had not “committed any other criminal violation.” Id. § 6106(a). The issue here…
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