Motion to Dismiss • Waiver • Prejudice

Commonwealth v. Hopkins, PICS Case No. 17-0927 (C.P. Lycoming May 10, 2017) Gray, P.J. (7 pages).

In connection with criminal charges for possession of firearms, defendant waived his argument regarding his constitutional right to bear arms by failing to raise it in his pretrial motion. The court denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the remaining firearms charges because the trial on the firearms matters was properly severed from the trial on the drug charges.

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