Commonwealth v. Neitzel

CIRILLO, President Judge Emeritus,

dissenting.

Despite the majority’s comprehensive statutory history of state and federal wildlife statutes, I believe that the appellant’s conviction should have been dismissed, and therefore, I respectfully dissent.

Our court has held that “a citation must include a specific section of the statute violated.” Commonwealth v. Cohen, 413 *15Pa.Super. 460, 463, 605 A.2d 814, 816 (1992) (emphasis added); Commonwealth v. Stahl, 296 Pa.Super. 507, 442 A.2d 1166 (1982). The Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure also state:

(A) Every citation shall contain:(6) a citation…