COMMONWEALTH v. CARNEY


229 Pa.Super. 470 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Carney, Appellant. Commonwealth v. Young, Appellant. Commonwealth v. Urenovich, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued June 12, 1973.

Submitted September 10, 1973.

June 21, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

In appeal No. 42, Arthur L. Berger, for appellant.

R. Lewis, with him Marion E. MacIntyre, Deputy District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

In appeal No. 652, John R. Merrick, Public Defender, for appellant.

F. Ned Hand, Assistant District Attorney, with him William H. Lamb, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

In appeal No. 1439, Bruce S. Miller, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Patrick J. Toole, Jr., District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION PER CURIAM, June 21, 1974:

Each of the appellants in this matter was convicted of flag desecration. Each contends that his conviction should be reversed because the Pennsylvania Flag Desecration Act1 is unconstitutionally void for vagueness.

The three appellants herein were charged in separate indictments and convicted of desecrating the flag under the portion of the desecration act which specifically

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