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Argued December 1, 1970.
May 13, 1971.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Arlen Specter, District Attorney, with him James D. Crawford, Deputy District Attorney, and John Rogers Carroll, Special Assistant District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellant.
Howard Gittis, with him Steven A. Arbittier, and Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen, for appellees.
Thomas J. Mullaney and John T. Clary, for appellee.
James Francis Lawler, with him Ostroff & Lawler, for appellee.
Henry T. Reath, with him Robert L. Pratter and Duane, Morris & Heckscher, for appellee.
Jacob Kalish, with him Louis M. Natali, Jr., and Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish & Levy, for appellee.
John Patrick Walsh, David N. Savitt and Walsh and Savitt, for appellee.
Donald J. Goldberg, for appellee.
Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, May 13, 1971:
The Commonwealth here appeals from decisions by an evenly divided Superior Court1 affirming various orders of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas quashing indictments against and suppressing evidence obtained from the several defendants. This complex appeal involves numerous issues, all of which center on two problems: (1) whether a criminal proceeding...
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