Title: Commonwealth v. Magliocco (Concurring Opinion)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 1487
State: Pennsylvania
Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: September 29, 2005

[J-135-2003] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellee/Cross-Appellant v. ERIC J. MAGLIOCCO, Appellant/Cross-Appellee : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Nos. 22 & 23 EAP 2003 Appeals from the Published Opinion and Order of the Superior Court, entered September 11, 2002, at Docket Number 1487 EDA 2000, affirming in part and reversing in part the judgment of sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, entered March 2, 2001, at Criminal No. 0843. 806 A.2d 1280 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2002) ARGUED: October 21, 2003 CONCURRING OPINION MR. CHIEF JUSTICE CAPPY DECIDED: September 28, 2005 I join the majority opinion. I write separately to distinguish this case from one in which a citizen in fact relies upon an erroneously printed criminal statutory enactment. Such a case, in my view, may implicate different legal concerns than those present in this appeal. See, e.g., John T. Parry, Culpability, Mistake, and Official Interpretations of Law, 25 AM. J. CRIM. L. 1 (Fall 1997); Joseph E. Murphy, The Duty of the Government to Make the Law Known, 51 FORDHAM L. REV. 255 (1982); Comment: People v. Marrero and Mistake of Law, 54 BROOKLYN L. REV. 229 (Spring 1988).