Commonwealth v. Nixon

761 A.2d 1151 (2000)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee,

v.

Dennis E. NIXON, Appellant.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellee,

v.

Lorie A. Nixon, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued March 7, 2000.

Decided November 27, 2000.

Robert E. Stewart, Pittsburg, for appellants, Dennis and Lorie Nixon.

David Gorman, Hollidaysburg, for the Com.

Peter N. Georgiades, Pittsburgh, James G. Dwyer, Chicago, IL, for Amicus-Child.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

We granted allocatur for this Court to consider two issues. First, we…