Commonwealth v. Lasch

ORDER

The Court being equally divided, the Order of the Superior Court is affirmed.

EAGEN, J., files an opinion in support of affirmance in which O’BRIEN and POMEROY, JJ., join. ROBERTS and MANDERINO, JJ., file opinions in support of reversal. NIX, J., would reverse. JONES, C. J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.

OPINION IN SUPPORT OF AFFIRMANCE

EAGEN, Justice.

This case results from a series of burglaries in a rural area of Mercer County in November and December of 1972. The record discloses the following:

On the morning of November 2nd, the caretaker of Ivan…