Commonwealth v. Sell

504 Pa. 46 (1983)

470 A.2d 457

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee,

v.

Larry SELL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued October 27, 1983.

Decided December 30, 1983.

C. Steven Miller, Allentown, for appellant.

Robert L. Steinberg, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

NIX, Justice.

In this appeal we have agreed to decide whether, under Article I, section 8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, which guarantees the citizens of this Commonwealth protection against unreasonable governmental…