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COMMONWEALTH v. RICHARD

751 A.2d 647 (2000)

COMMONWEALTH ex rel Mark C. BALDWIN, District Attorney, County of Berks, Appellee, v. Eden RICHARD, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 18, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Cammarano, Reading, for Cammarano & Tract.

Mark Baldwin, Dist. Atty., Richard P. Reynolds, Ellen R. West, Asst. Dist. Attys., for the Com.

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

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

This direct appeal1 raises the issue of whether a conviction for a crime that is neither a felony nor a crimen falsi offense constitutes an infamous crime for purposes of Article II, Section 7 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, which prohibits those who have been convicted of infamous crimes from holding public office. The common pleas court held that such offenses constitute infamous crimes...

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