HAMILTON v. PA. CRIME VIC. COMP. BD.

No. 3065 C.D. 1986.

118 Pa.Commw. 644 (1988)

546 A.2d 144

Gary A. Hamilton, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Crime Victim's Compensation Board, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

August 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl K. Baldys, Baldys & Baldys, for petitioner.

Linda C. Barrett, Assistant Counsel, with her, Linda C. Smith, Chief Counsel, for respondent.

Argued April 20, 1988, before Judges COLINS and PALLADINO, and Senior Judge BARBIERI, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE PALLADINO, August 18, 1988:

Gary A. Hamilton (Petitioner) appeals from a decision of the Crime Victim's Compensation Board (Board) denying his claim for compensation.

The facts are not in dispute. On December 8, 1984 Petitioner was shot in the right thigh by a hunter, John L. Barton, who shot Petitioner believing him to be a deer. Barton was convicted of violating section 825(b) of...

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