COM. v. MELILLI


361 Pa.Super. 429 (1987)

522 A.2d 1107

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. John MELILLI, a/k/a John C. Melilli, Appellee. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Nicholas DeSTEFANO, Appellee. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Shirley DORANZO, Appellee. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. John T. DEVLIN, a/k/a John Thomas Devlin, Appellee. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Richard D. MASTRO, a/k/a Richard Mastro, Appellee. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Samuel M. DORAZIO, a/k/a Doranzo, Appellee. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Frank R. PERRI, a/k/a Frank Perri, Appellee. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Louis T. PISELLI, Jr., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed January 29, 1987.

Reargument Denied April 10, 1987.

April 10, 1987

Order Vacated and Reinstated June 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rona S. Totoki, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellees.

Before WIEAND, BECK and JOHNSON, JJ.


WIEAND, Judge:

Presently before the Court for review in this consolidated appeal are orders of the trial court suppressing evidence obtained by the Commonwealth via pen registers and telephone intercepts, as well as physical evidence subsequently seized pursuant to warrant. The trial court's suppression orders were based upon the absence of a neutral determination that probable cause existed for the use of pen registers.

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