OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
At approximately 9:20 p.m. April 25, 1974, appellant Walter Stewart was stopped and frisked by two police officers on a public street in Lancaster. After finding a pistol on appellant's person and ten glassine packets containing what later proved to be heroin lying near him on the street, the police placed appellant under arrest.
At issue is whether the Commonwealth's prosecution of appellant in separate trials...
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