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IN RE FUNDS IN POSSESSION OF CONEMAUGH TP. SUP'RS

753 A.2d 788 (2000)

In re FUNDS IN the POSSESSION OF CONEMAUGH TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS. Appeal of Officer William Richards. In re Funds in the Possession of Conemaugh Township Supervisors. Appeal of Michael Shreckengost.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 20, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D.C. Nokes, Jr., Johnstown, for Officer William Richards.

William Gleason Barbin, Johnstown, for Conemaugh Tp.

Kenneth L. Nichols, New Kensington, for Michael Shreckengost.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a Commonwealth Court ruling that $20,000 in lost U.S. currency should escheat to the commonwealth rather than being awarded to the Conemaugh Township police officers who found it on the roadside during a routine traffic stop.

This litigation arises from Officer William Richards' discovery of a package containing the cash while he was investigating a pickup truck stopped alongside...

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