Commonwealth v. Sweeper

SPAETH, Judge:

This case rises on two appeals, which have been consolidated. Each appeal is from a judgment of sentence for engaging in a lottery in violation of 18 C.P.S.A. 5512. On the first appeal, Case No. 4224 below, we affirm. On the second, Case No. 5434 below, we reverse and award a new trial because the prosecutor’s closing address exceeded the limits of propriety.

Case No. 4224

On August 6, 1979, Sergeant Conway, the officer in charge of the vice unit of the Chester Police Department, received information that “Jane Doe,” for whom the police had a warrant, had been seen at appellant’s…