Commonwealth v. Russo

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

The appeals of the four defendants from their convictions and sentences in the court below were argued together before us. Although the defendants were tried separately, the charges against them had much in common on the facts and the law. Por this reason their appeals may be disposed of appropriately in this one opinion.

The appellants were police officers of the City of Pittsburgh assigned to a special detail known as the “Vice Squad”. Their duties in the main were to apprehend and prosecute homosexual perverts found principally in the rest rooms of theaters, hotels or…