Commonwealth v. Ortiz

BECK, Judge.

We address the definition of the phrase, “place of abode,” as used in criminal statute, Firearms Not to be Carried Without a License, 18 Pa.C.S. § 6106(a).1

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania appeals from an order granting defendant-ap-pellee habeas corpus relief by dismissing the count in the information charging appellee with carrying a firearm without a license, in violation of 18 Pa.C.S. § 6106(a).

Because 18 Pa.C.S. § 6106(a) excepts from culpability a person who possesses an unlicensed firearm in his or her “place of abode,” the issue before us is whether the rear, fenced-in…