Commonwealth v. Lopez

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

On October 28, 1986, appellant, Miquel Lopez, was convicted by a jury of resisting arrest1 and of carrying a firearm without a license,2 and sentenced to two and one-half (2V2) to five (5) years imprisonment. On appeal the Superior Court affirmed, 378 Pa.Super. 648, 544 A.2d 1042, relying exclusively on its opinion in Commonwealth v. Turner, 339 Pa.Super. 81, 488 A.2d 319 (1985). This Court granted allowance of appeal to examine, as a question of first impression, the sole issue presented by the parties. The issue is whether the condition that the firearm must be *128in…