COM. EX REL. KEARNEY v. RAMBLER

No. 53 MAP 2010.

32 A.3d 658 (2011)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania ex rel. Thomas KEARNEY III, Appellant v. Stephen D. RAMBLER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 23, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Kearney III , Jennifer Lee Russell , James Edward Zamkotowicz , York County District Attorney's Office, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ex rel. Appellant.

Joshua M. Autry , Dennis E. Boyle , Philadelphia, Randall Luke Wenger , Camp Hill, Boyle Neblett & Wenger, for Stephen D. Rambler.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.


OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

The primary question presented is whether a federal felony offense constitutes an "infamous crime" that disqualifies an individual from holding public office under Article II, Section 7 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, notwithstanding that a similar offense defined under the Pennsylvania Crimes Code is graded as a misdemeanor.

In the 1990s, Appellee Stephen D. Rambler mailed letters in an attempt to extort money from...

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