Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Regan
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 28, 1976No. Appeal, No. 832PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Jacobs, J.,
John Michael Regan brings this appeal from the denial by the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas of his petition for leave to file an appeal in forma pauperis. Because the denial of his petition was based on an improper administrative order promulgated by the lower court, we reverse.
The appellant was convicted by a district magistrate of a summary offense, retail theft, Act of December 6, 1972, P.L. Í482, No. 334, §1, 18 Pa.C.S. §3929, and sentenced to pay a fine of $200.00 plus costs of $11.00. On July 28, 1975, he attempted to take an appeal from this sentence to the…
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