Court Opinion

ID: 9734377
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 17:33:17.236631+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:47.932430
License: Public Domain

PRICE, Judge,
dissenting:
I suspect that the majority opinion will lend further weight to the old adage that “bad cases make bad law.” This appeal represents a bad case in that appellant presents ' us with a situation which evokes great sympathetic response. Nevertheless, it should not serve as the forerunner of blanket éxpungement of criminal records, and I greatly fear that it frequently will be used as a vehicle to reach that goal.
The majority has faithfully recorded the case development of this problem in our courts. I would only add to that history the case of Chase v. King, 267 Pa.Super. 498, 406 A.2d 1388 (1979), a panel opinion of this court which expresses a view that I share. Because this appellant is an admitted offender and has not met the test of Chase v. King, supra, I would affirm the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County.