COMMONWEALTH v. PURNELL


241 Pa.Super. 230 (1976)

360 A.2d 737

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Oscar PURNELL, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

June 28, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Packel, Asst. Public Defender, Chief, Appeals Div., Philadelphia, for appellant.

Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Philadelphia, for appellee.

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


PRICE, Judge.

On July 19, 1974, at approximately 10:40 p.m., two Philadelphia Police Officers observed appellant, Oscar Purnell, and three companions enter a Gino's fast food chain restaurant located at Lancaster and Girard Avenues in Philadelphia. The officers testified that, prior to entering, the four men "looked around and up and down Lancaster Avenue."

After the four entered the restaurant, they spread out along the front window, facing the cashiers....

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