Court Opinion

ID: 9693061
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 16:18:40.828403+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:19:39.447107
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Dissenting Opinion by
Judge Crumlish, Jr. :
I dissent. The majority erroneously concludes that “there is no record of . . . payment of any fine or costs; . . .” This conclusion results from the fact that the back of Commonwealth’s Exhibit C-2 is not marked or signed in the appropriate section for recording the payment of any fine. However, the front of Exhibit C-2 contains the notation “10.00 pd.” and the stamped date “Dec. 30, 1969”. It is clear from a thorough study of Exhibit C-2 that the violation alleged in that exhibit *510was established by the subsequent payment of a ten dollar fine. Therefore, the decision of the court below sustaining appellee’s objection to the admission of Exhibit C-2 was erroneous and must be reversed.
The courts of the Commonwealth should not be so naive or unsophisticated as to fail to recognize the obvious result of such common adjudications. They should not dwell upon the need for or worship “proper form” when the form itself clearly relates the substantive disposition of the charge. The inquiry of the court should be whether the form in any way communicates the necessary information, not that it was technically perfect in its execution.
Exhibit C-2 clearly shows a disposition of the charge therein and should have been admitted. I would reverse.