COMMONWEALTH v. VEON

No. 69 MAP 2015. No. 70 MAP 2015.

150 A.3d 435 (2016)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Michael R. VEON, Appellant. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Michael R. Veon, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

DECIDED: November 22, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Richard Beemer, Esq. , Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Kelly M. Sekula, Esq. , for Com. of Pennsylvania, Appellee.

Joel Stephen Sansone, Esq. , Scanlon & Sansone, for Michael R. Veon, Appellant.

Jonathan F. Bloom, Esq. , Karl Stewart Myers, Esq. , Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, L.L.P., William Haselden Ellerbe, Esq. , for The General Assembly of the Com. of Pennsylvania, Amicus Curiae.

Robin M. Hittie, Esq. , Pennsylvania State Ethics Com'n, for PA State Ethics Com'n, Amicus Curiae.

Justice Wecht announces the Judgment of the Court and delivers the Opinion of the Court, except with respect to footnote 29 and Part III(A). Justice Dougherty joins the opinion in full. Chief Justice Saylor and Justice Donohue join Parts I and II, and III(B) except with respect to footnote 29. Justice Todd joins Parts I, II, and III(B) of the opinion. Justice Baer joins Part II(C) only.


OPINION

JUSTICE WECHT

We granted allowance of appeal to consider whether Pennsylvania's statute criminalizing conflicts of interest,1 which prohibits public officials from leveraging the authority of their offices for "private pecuniary benefit," extends to what the trial court in this case referred to as "intangible political gain." As well, we must...

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