Commonwealth v. Lagana

MONTEMURO, Judge:

This Commonwealth appeal is before us on remand from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Commonwealth v. Lagana, 510 Pa. 477, 509 A.2d 863 (1986).

On the basis of information broadcast over police radio, appellee was arrested on May 11, 1981, and charged with burglary and various firearms offenses. The arrest on the gun charges resulted from a Terry 1 stop during which appellee was frisked and a gun discovered; the later burglary charges stemmed from appellee’s proximity at the time of the arrest to two carrying cases 2 which contained what was determined to be proceeds of a…