Commonwealth v. Rapp

CERCONE, Judge:

This appeal arises from a conviction of violation of Section 6105 of the Pennsylvania Uniform Firearms Act 1 which prohibits a person convicted of a violent crime from possessing a firearm. Appellant contends his conviction cannot stand in view of the Commonwealth’s failure to prove the length of the barrel of the subject weapon. We agree and reverse. 2

It is readily apparent that the Commonwealth failed to prove its case. Although Section 6105, supra, provides:

“No person who has been convicted in this Commonwealth or elsewhere of a crime of violence shall own a firearm, or have…