IN INTEREST OF CRUZ


427 Pa.Super. 41 (1993)

628 A.2d 418

In the Interest of Carlos CRUZ. Appeal of COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania. Carlos Cruz, Appellee.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed July 2, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh J. Burns, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, for the Com. appellant.

Before CAVANAUGH, WIEAND, McEWEN, CIRILLO, DEL SOLE, BECK, TAMILIA, JOHNSON and HUDOCK, JJ.


CIRILLO, Judge:

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from a pre-adjudication order by the Court of Common Pleas suppressing the introduction of heroin in the juvenile proceeding for Carlos Cruz.1 We reverse.

When two police officers in a marked police car approached a corner, Cruz fled. The police officers chased Cruz into a store where he was found behind a video machine. During the chase Cruz threw four packets of heroin onto...

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