Commonwealth v. Slaybaugh

OPINION OF THE COURT

O’BRIEN, Justice.

This appeal by the Commonwealth arises from the granting of a motion in arrest of judgment and discharge of the appellee, David Eugene Slaybaugh, on a charge of “failing to stop at the scene of an accident.” Act of April 29, 1959, P.L. 58, § 1027, 75 P.S. § 1027. 1

The facts surrounding this appeal are as follows. On January 20,1974, an automobile operated by Harry Lambert was involved in a minor traffic accident. The car which collided with the Lambert vehicle did not stop. Lambert followed the vehicle and found the car abandoned nearby; he wrote the…