Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hughes
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 8, 1976PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Justice.
On June 12, 1973, there was a conflagration punctuated by several explosions at an ink manufacturing plant located in the 1200 block of Washington Avenue in the City of Philadelphia. As a result of this holocaust, appellee, Gerald Hughes, was arrested on August 9, 1973, and indicted on two counts of involuntary manslaughter and a violation of Section 3302(b) of the New Crimes Code. 1 Appellee had filed on his behalf an “Application to Quash Bill of Indictment” charging that Section 3302 was unconstitutionally vague. This application was sustained by the motion judge and…
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