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COMMONWEALTH v. CARNEY

No. 138 of 1971.

58 Pa. D. & C. 2d 345 (1972)

Commonwealth v. Carney

Common Pleas Court of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

May 15, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Kemery, Assistant District Attorney, for Commonwealth.

Arthur L. Berger, for defendant.

DOWLING, J., May 15, 1972.

Plaintiff was convicted by a jury of desecrating the American flag.1 He appeared in public wearing a T shirt with an American flag on the back superimposed by a swastika with the words "America, the Fourth Reich." He was apprehended when he pulled a flag from his pocket and sat on it.

Motions for arrest of judgment and for a new trial were filed and the reasons in support thereof will be discussed seriatim...

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