Legal Opinion
Barnes v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 17, 1982No. Appeal, No. 1118 C.D. 1979PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge MacPhail,
This is the appeal1 of Trooper James M. Barnes (Petitioner) from an order of the State Police Commissioner (Commissioner) .suspending him for three days.
On October 4,1978, Petitioner was attending a station dinner party for members of Troop “E” of the Pennsylvania State Police and was acting as bartend*49er. At approximately 11:00 p.m. that evening, a physical altercation erupted between Petitioner and Sergeant Gregory N. Patterson. Both officers were off-duty and both were drinking alcoholic beverages at the party. From the testimony of other witnesses it would appear…
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