Commonwealth v. Pope

Opinion

Per Curiam,

The six judges who heard and decided this appeal being equally divided, the order is affirmed.

Opinion by Jacobs, J., in Support of Affirmance:

In this case involving section (e.2) of the Uniform Firearms Act, 1 the lower court sustained appellee’s demurrer following a presentation of the Commonwealth’s case. The evidence presented by the Commonwealth was to the effect that the appellee had been carrying a rifle with a 22-inch barrel on a street in Philadelphia. From the order sustaining the demurrer, the Commonwealth has appealed.

Because the evidence presented by the…