Commonwealth v. Weisman

WICKERSHAM, Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Adams County.

In November of 1981, Gettysburg was the site of a coin show. Among those attending the show was a coin dealer from Baltimore named Richard Gross. Also attending the show was appellant, Jeffrey Weisman, who “whether by talent, training, calculation, computation, [or] prestadigitation [sic] ... had the ability to accurately and invariably predict the outcome of a coin toss.” Brief for Appellant at 4.

On November 21, 1981, appellant was demonstrating his unusual talent to a group of coin…