Opinion

Commonwealth v. Wadzinski

  • 239 Pa. Super. 76
  • 361 A.2d 790
  • 1976 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1971
Court
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
Mar 29, 1976
Status
Published
Author
Jacobs
On the bench
Cercone, Hoffman, Jacobs, Price, Spaeth, Voort, Watkins
Cited by
8 cases
Authority
More cited than 7.5%

The opinion

Dissenting Opinion by

Jacobs, J.:

I respectfully dissent.

The appellant challenged the Act of June 3, 1937, P.L. 1333; art. XVI, §1614(a), added. December 28, 1972, P.L. 1658, No. 353, §l(a), 25 P.S. §3234(a) (Supp. 1975-76) as “unconstitutional on its face and in fact as it contravenes the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.” Printed- Record at 21a. (Emphasis added). In Commonwealth v. Cook, 226 Pa. Superior Ct. 273 , 308 A.2d 151 (1973), we stated: “The latter device [certiorari], in reviewing the regularity of the record, can *83 only properly entertain questions of law, to the exclusion of issues related to the - sufficiency, admissibility, competency or relevancy of evidence presented to the justice of the peace.” Id. at 276 , 308 A.2d at 153 (citations omitted) (emphasis added).

The majority has concluded that “[t]he Writ of Certiorari does not bring into issue the constitutionality of a statute or an ordinance.” Opinion at 81. I believe that the constitutionality of a statute is a “question of law,” Commonwealth v. Cook, supra, which is reviewable on certiorari, and that the constitutionality of the statute in issue should be considered by this Court on this appeal.

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