COM. v. SHAFFER


557 Pa. 453 (1999)

734 A.2d 840

COMMONWEALTH of Pennssylvania, Appellee v. Louis SHAFFER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 21, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Ceraso, Greensburg, for Louis Shaffer.

Andrea F. McKenna, Robert A. Graci, Harrisburg, for the Com.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.


OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

We granted allowance of appeal in this matter to determine whether the Superior Court erred in holding that the legislature's amendment of the Pennsylvania Corrupt Organizations Act (Pa.C.O.A.), 18 Pa.C.S. § 911 et seq., to include wholly illegitimate enterprises, applied to criminal activity that occurred under the Act in effect prior to the amendment, which this Court...

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