COM. v. LYONS


257 Pa.Super. 142 (1978)

390 A.2d 752

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. John J. LYONS, Jr., Appellee.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 12, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Colville, District Attorney, Pittsburgh, for Com., appellant.

Raymond Radakovich, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

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


CERCONE, Judge:

The Commonwealth has taken this appeal from an order of the lower court suppressing certain gambling paraphernalia, namely poolmaking and numbers sheets. The evidence was discovered on appellant's person and in his car following his arrest for various Motor Vehicle Code violations. There being no real dispute that the court's suppression order is being challenged on a purely legal basis and has the effect of putting the Commonwealth out of court with...

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