Commonwealth v. Sammartino

SPAETH, J.,

NATURE AND HISTORY OF THE CASE

Defendant was convicted by a jury of having in his possession more than 5,000 cigarettes in packages stamped with counterfeit Pennsylvania tax stamps, in violation of the Pennsylvania Cigarette Tax Act of July 22, 1970, P. L. 513, (No. 178), art. ix, sec. 903(b), 72 PS §3169.903(b), which provides:

“Any person other than a duly licensed stamping agency or other person specifically exempted by the provisions of this act who shall possess more than five thousand cigarettes, the packages of which do not have affixed thereto the proper amount of genuine…