Legal Opinion
Commonwealth ex rel. Kearney v. Rambler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 23, 2011PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice SAYLOR.
The primary question presented is whether a federal felony offense constitutes an “infamous crime” that disqualifies an individual from holding public office under Article II, Section 7 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, notwithstanding that a similar offense defined under the Pennsylvania Crimes Code is graded as a misdemeanor.
In the 1990s, Appellee Stephen D. Rambler mailed letters in an attempt to extort money from approximately thirty individuals by threatening to reveal certain sexually explicit correspondence if they did not render payment as demanded. Based on this…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Rendell v. Pennsylvania State Ethics CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
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