COM. v. LYNCH


773 A.2d 1240 (2001)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Melvin LYNCH, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 19, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen E. Martin, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Catherine L. Marshall, Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, for Com., appellee.

Before McEWEN, President Judge, CAVANAUGH, J., and FORD ELLIOTT, J.


CAVANAUGH, J.:

¶ 1 Should evidence be suppressed when, during a pursuit improperly initiated by a police officer, an appellant commits a crime and abandons evidence of that crime? We hold that it need not have been suppressed.

¶ 2 Melvin Lynch appeals the November 18, 1999, judgment of sentence imposing three to six years imprisonment, two years probation, and a fine following his conviction by a jury of...

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