COM. v. ASHFORD


263 Pa.Super. 100 (1979)

397 A.2d 420

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Lonnie ASHFORD, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward F. Browne, Assistant Public Defender, Lancaster, for appellant.

Michael H. Ranck, Assistant District Attorney, Lancaster, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before JACOBS, President Judge, and HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT, SPAETH and HESTER, JJ.


SPAETH, Judge:

This is an appeal from judgment of sentence for possessing a prohibited offensive weapon.1 Appellant argues that the knife he possessed was not a prohibited offensive weapon within the meaning of the Crimes Code.

Appellant was arrested by a Lancaster City police officer during the morning of February 29, 1976. The officer had noticed appellant riding a motorcycle...

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