Commonwealth v. Speraw

SAYLOR, J.,

In these appeals from summary convictions defendant challenges the constitutionality of section 9(a) of the Loitering Ordinance1 of the City of Reading, which states:

*692No person shall loaf, loiter, lounge or congregate on the streets or comers in front or about any place of business or other public place within the City of Reading.

Defendant contends that section 9(a) is unconstitutional on its face because it is too broad, thereby impinging upon First Amendment freedoms. She further argues that section 9(a) is void for vagueness under due process rights and, therefore,…