Commonwealth v. Cahill

OPINION BY

WECHT, J.:

In this case, we confront the heretofore unanswered question of whether a token is a ticket. We do so for the purpose of reviewing appellant John Cahill’s conviction for the summary offense of unauthorized sale or transfer of tickets — disposition by passenger, 18 Pa.C.S. § 6910(b). For the reasons that follow, we must conclude that a token is not a ticket. Consequently, we vacate Cahill’s March 11, 2013 judgment of sentence, which was imposed after he was convicted under subsection 6910(b) for attempting to sell tokens.

On November 2, 2012, Southeastern Pennsylvania…