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COM. v. LAGANA

517 Pa. 371 (1988)

537 A.2d 1351

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Joseph M. LAGANA, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 25, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Alan Sacks, Philadelphia, for appellant.

John W. Packel, Chief, Appeal Div., Leonard Sosnov, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

The issue presented in this appeal is the admissibility of evidence seized by a police officer without a warrant during an investigatory stop and frisk prompted by a police radio call which contained information received from an unidentified source.

The pertinent facts from the record are as follows. On May 11, 1981 at 7:30 p.m. Officer Gelovich of the Philadelphia Police Department received a police radio broadcast...

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