Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Bavusa

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 29, 2003No. 48 EAP 2000Published

1Opinion of the Court

832 A.2d 1042 (2003)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee,

v.

Joseph BAVUSA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Re-Submitted October 29, 2002.

Decided September 29, 2003.

Ellen T. Greenlee, Peter Rosalsky, Philadelphia, for Joseph Bavusa.

Hugh J. Burns, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth of PA.

Before CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN AND LAMB, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Justice CASTILLE.

In 1997, the Pennsylvania General Assembly amended Section 6106 of the Uniform Firearms Act (codified in the Crimes Code at 18 Pa.C.S. §§ 6101-6126), which had previously graded as a felony of…

Also in this document: Concurrence; Dissent.

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Almendarez-Torres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  3. McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  4. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  5. McMillan v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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