Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. S. Wolfgang

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

Steven J. Wolfgang, pro se, appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of the 39th Judicial District (Franklin County Branch) (trial court) granting the Commonwealth’s petition for the forfeiture and destruction of firearms seized from Wolfgang’s home, where he was arrested on several criminal charges. We vacate and remand.

State Police troopers went to Wolfgang’s home on July 20, 2010, to investigate a tip that marijuana was being grown in a cornfield behind Wolfgang’s house. One officer detected the odor of burnt marijuana on Wolfgang’s person, and another officer…