Commonwealth v. Belcher

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

Appellant contends that the lower court erred in holding that receiving a stolen automobile is a felony of the third degree 1 under the new Crimes Code, Act of December 6, 1972, P.L. 1482, No. 334, §1, effective June 6, 1973, as amended; 18 Pa. C.S. §§3903, 3925.

Richard M. Seneca testified that in the first or second week of January, 1974, he parked his 1972 Corvette on a street in Bristol. When he returned, he found that his car was gone. On February 7, 1974, a police officer observed appellant driving the Corvette with an expired inspection sticker. The officer…