Legal Opinion
In Re Officer McMullin
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 2, 1979No. Appeal, 80 C.D. 1978PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Blatt,
This is an appeal by James Patrick McMullin, Jr. (appellant) from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County, affirming the decision of the Lancaster City Council (Council), which upheld his dismissal from his position as patrolman with the Lancaster Bureau of Police (Bureau). He argues (1) that his rights were prejudiced because of repeated references during the hearing before the Council to the results of polygraph tests and (2) that the findings of the Council are not supported by substantial evidence.
The appellant was dismissed on April 13,1977,…
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