COM. v. LOVETTE


271 Pa.Super. 250 (1979)

413 A.2d 390

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Andre LOVETTE, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed August 24, 1979.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Granted December 18, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Packel, Assistant Public Defender, Chief, Appeals Division, Leonard Sosnov, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Eric B. Henson, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


CERCONE, President Judge:

Appellant was convicted of burglary, theft and receiving stolen property and sentenced to four to twenty-three months imprisonment. Appellant seeks in the alternative that his judgment of sentence be arrested or that he be granted a new trial.

Appellant's first argument is that his arrest was constitutionally infirm because the police lacked probable cause to arrest him. Based upon the facts known at the time of arrest, we disagree...

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