Commonwealth v. Doranzo

BROSKY, Judge:

This appeal, by the Commonwealth, is from an order granting appellee’s petition to return property. The Commonwealth argues that the petition was improperly granted in light of the fact that appellee pled guilty to. 47 counts of receiving stolen property and the property subject to the petition was commingled with items appellee admitted were contraband.

Because we find that the trial court, in effect, imposed an improper burden upon the Commonwealth, we reverse the order in question.

Appellee had been suspected by the Philadelphia Police Department of running an illegal “fencing”…