Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Wagner
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 4, 1979No. 11PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Justice.
Appellant, J. Oscar Wagner, was tried by a jury and convicted of aggravated assault. The Superior Court affirmed per curiam. Commonwealth v. Wagner, 250 Pa.Super. 644, 379 A.2d 615 (1977). Post trial motions were denied. In the appeal before us, appellant contends, inter alia, that he was the subject of an unlawful arrest. We agree and accordingly reverse the judgment of sentence and discharge the appellant.
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