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COMMONWEALTH v. MORGAN

222 Pa.Super. 511 (1972)

Commonwealth v. Morgan, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

September 26, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendell G. Freeland, with him Lichtenstein & Bartiromo, for appellant.

J. Caldwell, Assistant District Attorney, with him W. Thomas Andrews, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WRIGHT, P.J., WATKINS, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, SPAULDING, CERCONE, and PACKEL, JJ.

OPINION PER CURIAM, September 26, 1972:

Judgment of sentence affirmed.

DISSENTING OPINION BY HOFFMAN, J.:

This is an appeal from appellant's conviction for violating the Flag Desecration Act.1 The Act prohibits mutilating, defacing, defiling, trampling upon, or casting contempt upon the American Flag or any representation thereof.2

Appellant was arrested on May 29, 1970, for wearing...

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