Commonwealth v. Clapps

McEWEN, Judge:

Appellants Clapps and Weiskerger were determined by a jury to be guilty of conspiracy, 1 bribery 2 and violating the Public Officials Ethics Act. 3 Appellant Clapps was sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment of from six months to twenty-three and one-half months to be followed by a one year term of probation. Appellant Weiskerger was sentenced to serve a term of three years probation. We reverse the judgments of sentence and direct that each appellant be granted a new trial.

Both appellants assert in this appeal that the trial court erred in its charge to the jury upon the…