Commonwealth v. D'Angelo

*411MONTEMURO, Judge:

This appeal comes before an en banc court on the Commonwealth’s petition for reargument following our reversal of appellant’s bench conviction on two counts of violating 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 4701, Bribery in official and political matters. The sentence imposed was two years non-reporting probation and a $5,000 fine. We reverse.

The convictions stem from appellant’s acceptance, on two separate occasions, of cash handed to him by an undercover police officer investigating allegations of corruption in the Philadelphia Bureau of Licenses and Inspections. Appellant, the supervisor of…