Commonwealth v. Reyes

WIEAND, J.,

This appeal from a summary conviction asserts the alleged unconstitutionality of section 3 of the anti-noise ordinance of the City of Allentown, being Ordinance No. 5778.*

Defendant, Israel Reyes, is the pastor of the Divine Masters of the Pentecostal Church of the Assembly of God. The church is small in size and is *401located at Penn and Turner Streets in the City of Allentown. The neighborhood is a high density, residential area, with narrow row homes predominating. Church services are held nightly, except Monday and Wednesday, and continue until 10:00 or 11:00 P.M. A part of the…