COM. v. HICKS


502 Pa. 344 (1983)

466 A.2d 613

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Robert HICKS.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 19, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Deputy Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, Leroy S. Zimmerman, Atty. Gen., Marion E. MacIntyre, Andrew S. Gordon, Harrisburg, for appellant.

Peter B. Skeel, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Chief Justice.

This is a direct appeal by the Commonwealth from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which granted a pre-trial motion to quash an information charging appellee Robert Hicks with homicide by vehicle, 75 Pa.C.S. § 3732. The court of common pleas held that the homicide by vehicle statute is unconstitutional on the ground that it violates the equal...

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