COM. v. CAHILL

No. 1152 EDA 2013.

95 A.3d 298 (2014)

2014 PA Super 129

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. John M. CAHILL, Jr., Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 24, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Cahill, Jr., appellant, pro se.

Hugh J. Burns, Jr. , Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.

BEFORE: BENDER, P.J.E., WECHT, J., and STRASSBURGER, J.


OPINION BY WECHT, J.:

In this case, we confront the heretofore unanswered question of whether a token is a ticket. We do so for the purpose of reviewing appellant John Cahill's conviction for the summary offense of unauthorized sale or transfer of tickets — disposition by passenger, 18 Pa.C.S. § 6910(b). For the reasons that follow, we must conclude that a token is not a ticket. Consequently, we vacate Cahill's March 11, 2013 judgment of sentence, which...

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