Commonwealth v. Carter

Opinion by

Van der Voort, J.,

This case is before us on appeal from the action of the court below dismissing Appellant’s appeal from a summary conviction for disorderly conduct (a violation of 18 Pa. C.S. §5503). After a hearing de novo, the lower court stated on the record: “. . . this Court finds that the Appeal from Summary Conviction should be dismissed and therefore dismisses it.” As we have held repeatedly, on an appeal from the judgment of a justice of the peace in summary conviction proceedings, *403tbe judgment of the Court of Common Pleas should be either “guilty” or “not guilty”; a…