COMMONWEALTH v. SANTIAGO


223 Pa.Super. 493 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Santiago, Appellants.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

March 27, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Weinstein with him Weinstein, Bobrin & Goss, for appellants.

Donald M. Moser, with him Lorch, Ryan, Peruto & Vitullo, for appellants.

Jeffrey A. Brodkin, Assistant District Attorney, with him James T. Ranney and Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorneys, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WRIGHT, P.J., WATKINS, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, SPAULDING, CERCONE, and PACKEL, JJ.


OPINION BY HOFFMAN, J., March 27, 1973:

Appellants contend that the trial court erred in finding them guilty of the crime of possession of heroin because the evidence produced at trial was insufficient to establish their possession of the drug beyond a reasonable doubt. In the alternative, appellants allege that the trial judge imposed an excessive sentence in committing appellants to prison for terms of two to five years.

On January 8, 1972, five police officers...

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