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COM. v. IAFRATE

527 Pa. 497 (1991)

594 A.2d 293

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Frank IAFRATE, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 9, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Makoul, Allentown, for appellant.

Glennis L. Clark, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and CAPPY, JJ.

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

We are called upon here to address a question of first impression, to wit: whether a juvenile, within the meaning of the Juvenile Act,1 attains a given age on the anniversary of his birthday or on the day before as recognized at common law.

On September 29, 1985, the eve of his eighteenth birthday, appellant Frank Iafrate, Jr. was observed at approximately 8:00 P.M. by a Slatington Borough...

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