Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Gonzalez
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lebanon County
Decided November 30, 1981No. 490 of 1981Published
1Opinion of the Court
GATES, P.J.,
On July 30, 1981 at about 10:30 in the evening, Lebanon City Police Officer, Gary Boyer, Sr., was dispatched to the vicinity of 12th and Cumberland Streets. There he found three men sitting on the bridge talking. The officer ordered the men to leave the area but defendant Samuel Gonzalez refused. The officer told him that he would return in a few minutes and if Gonzalez was still there a citation would be issued.
About eight minutes later Officer Boyer returned and Gonzalez was still sitting on the bridge. The area is a public place and there are no signs posted indicating that…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- United States v. HarrissSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Papachristou v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Brockway v. TofanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1970