Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Norman H. BERTELS, Jr., W. Kirk Hammaker and Donald L. Parker, Appellees
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1980-09-22
Citations: 491 Pa. 187
Docket Number: No. 10
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Norman H. BERTELS, Jr., W. Kirk Hammaker and Donald L. Parker, Appellees.
Judges: Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 491
Pages: 187–189

Head Matter:
420 A.2d 404
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Norman H. BERTELS, Jr., W. Kirk Hammaker and Donald L. Parker, Appellees.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued May 20, 1980.
Decided Sept. 22, 1980.
Albert J. Strohecker, III, Sally A. Lied, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, for appellant.
Louis Lipschitz, Philadelphia, for appellees.
Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Justice.
This is an appeal from a reversal by the Superior Court of judgments of sentence imposed upon appellees, Norman H. Bertels, Jr., W. Kirk Hammaker, and Donald L. Parker, following convictions for embezzlement, fraudulent conversion, falsification of corporate records, and conspiracy. The convictions arose from complex transactions, involving applications of financial assets, whereby the appellees were found to have defrauded corporations which they controlled. Trial by jury was held in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas in February, 1969, venue having been changed from Adams County at defendants' request.
On appeal is the issue of whether Adams County had venue and jurisdiction for trial, since the transactions involved occurred primarily outside that County. After a careful review of the briefs, record, and decisions below, we affirm the determination of the Superior Court that trial jurisdiction was lacking.
Order of the Superior Court affirmed.
ROBERTS, J., joins the majority opinion and filed a concurring opinion.
. Commonwealth v. Bertels, 260 Pa.Super. 496, 394 A.2d 1036 (1978).
. Act of June 24, 1939, P.L. 872, § 828, 834, 846 and 302 respectively; 18 P.S. § 4828, 4834, 4846 and 4302 respectively.