COMMONWEALTH v. HOUSER


243 Pa.Super. 80 (1976)

364 A.2d 459

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Ritchee HOUSER.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

September 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Orloski, Asst. Dist. Atty., Allentown, for appellant.

Victor F. Cavacini, Allentown, for appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.


JACOBS, Judge:

Once again we are asked to rule on the propriety of a confrontation between a police officer and an individual which resulted in the seizure of incriminating evidence. On January 9, 1975 at approximately 4:45 a. m. the Allentown Police Department received a call reporting a burglary. Officers Steckel and Boyer were assigned to investigate the crime. Failing to find any suspects at the scene of the burglary, the officers decided to surveil the immediate...

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