Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bigelow
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 16, 1979No. 796 and 16PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Justice.
These two appeals involve the application of our decision in Commonwealth v. McNeil, 461 Pa. 709, 337 A.2d 840 (1975), to section 6108 of the Uniform Firearms Act, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 6108 (1973), and its predecessor, 18 P.S. § 4628(e,2). In McNeil, this Court held that the Commonwealth has the burden of affirmatively proving in prosecutions for carrying firearms without a license under former section 4628(e) of the Act, now codified at 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 6106, that the weapon involved was not licensed. We are asked to extend that burden to cases involving section 6108’s…
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- Commonwealth v. McNeilSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
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