PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE v. GROGAN


790 A.2d 1093 (2002)

PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE, Petitioner, v. Walter J. GROGAN, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joanna N. Reynolds, Harrisburg, for petitioner.

Alfred J. Merlie, Jenkintown, for respondent.

Before DOYLE, President Judge, COLINS, Judge, McGINLEY, Judge, PELLEGRINI, Judge, SMITH-RIBNER, Judge, KELLEY, Judge, and LEADBETTER, Judge.


COLINS, Judge.

Herein we must consider the juxtaposition of the Pennsylvania Uniform Firearms Act (State Act),3 18 Pa.C.S. § 6101, and the Federal Gun Control Act, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g),4 on the civil rights of the citizens of our Commonwealth. We conclude that the position advanced by the Commonwealth, i.e., that common pleas court cannot grant a Commonwealth...

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