Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Thompson

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 12, 2015Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Senior Judge COLINS.

Following a trial de novo in the Berks County Court of Common Pleas (Trial Court), Kenneth D. Thompson, Sr. (Appellant), was convicted of a summary offense for violating Bethel Township Local Ordinance (Ordinance) 1997-4 § 3.C “Disturbing the Peace Involving Conduct Towards a Police Officer.” Appellant brings this appeal from the judgment of sentence entered by the Trial Court on *804March 20, 2014.1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm.2

“Disturbing the Peace Involving Conduct Towards a Police Officer” is defined in Subsection C of the Ordinance as “interfering…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  4. Papachristou v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. City of Houston v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1987

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