Commonwealth v. Skarica

HESTER, Judge:

Appellant John Skarica was convicted by a jury in the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County of one count of bribery. Act of June 24, 1939, P.L. 872, § 667, 18 P.S. § 4667 (now covered by Crimes Code, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 4108). Post trial motions were argued and denied and a sentence of six to twelve months imprisonment and a fine of $500.00 was imposed. The investigation, indictments and conviction of appellant evolved from a special investigative grand jury empaneled on petition of the Mercer County District Attorney in June, 1975. Appellant Skarica, both in the court below and on…