Commonwealth v. Seigworth

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Allen Seigworth (Seigworth) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Jefferson County (trial court) denying his Motion in Arrest of Judgment and upholding the guilty verdict against him for a violation of the Game and Wildlife Code.

Seigworth shot and killed a deer that was destroying crops on his farm. He reported the killing as required by the Game and Wildlife Code (Code), 34 Pa.C.S. § 2122. Wildlife Conservation Officer Jerry Bish (Officer Bish) visited Seigworth’s farm to pick up the deer. Officer Bish noticed that the entrails of the deer had not been removed,…