Commonwealth v. Horvath

Opinion bx

Mr. Justice O’Brien,

This is an appeal from the order of the Superior Court affirming the judgment of sentence entered against appellant on a finding of guilty of malicious prowling and loitering at night, as defined by the Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, §418, added May 27, 1949, P. L. 1900, §1, 18 P.S. §4418. Commonwealth v. Horvath, 2 18 Pa. Superior Ct. 886, 279 A. 2d 217 (1971).

The record discloses that state troopers, on the basis of a tip that a burglary was planned for the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Young, Jr., in Chippewa Township, began a stakeout of the premises…