Commonwealth v. Mentley

HORN, J.,

Defendant is charged with a violation of the Uniform Firearms Act.

The offense occurred when defendant was stopped in York Township by Officer Ruth because he failed to use his left-turn signal in making a turn at 1:57 a.m. on August 19, 1989. The police officer testified that it was his intention, to give defendant a warning rather than a traffic citation.

When defendant got out of the vehicle voluntarily, the officer saw what appeared to be a gun in defendant’s right hip pocket. The bulge in the right hip pocket turned out to be a .25-caliber Baretta with nine rounds of ammunition.

The…