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COMMONWEALTH v. HORTON

465 Pa. 213 (1975)

348 A.2d 728

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Betty HORTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 26, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Defender Assn. of Philadelphia, Benjamin Lerner, Defender, Leonard N. Sosnov, Asst. Defender, John W. Packel, Chief, Appeals Div., Philadelphia for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Deborah Glass, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

NIX, Justice.

Appellant, Betty Horton, a mother1 and welfare recipient, was convicted in the Municipal Court of Philadelphia of passing a worthless check under the Act of June 24, 1939, P.L. 872, § 854, as amended, 1971, December 1, P.L. 587, No. 154, § 1, 18 P.S. 4854 (Supp. 1972-73).2 After the imposition of a sentence of one...

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