Commonwealth v. Pringle

MONTGOMERY, Judge:

The Appellant, Paula Pringle, files this direct appeal to our Court following her conviction after a non-jury trial, the denial of post-trial motions, and her sentencing on a charge of disorderly conduct. The episode which led to these charges, which will be more fully discussed below, involved the Appellant’s conduct in protesting a friend’s arrest by repeatedly shouting crude epithets at the arresting officers as a large crowd gathered at the scene of the arrest.

On this appeal, she contends that the provisions of the disorderly conduct statute under which she was convicted…