Commonwealth v. Katsafanas

BECK, Judge:

Appellants Nicholas Katsafanas, a/k/a Nick Perry, and Edward Plevel, convicted of conspiracy 1 , theft by deception 2 , criminal mischief 3 , rigging a publicly exhibited contest 4 , and perjury 5 in connection with the Pennsylvania State Lottery fraud of 1980 bring this appeal from the denial of their post-trial motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment. They raise ten issues in this appeal, of which the first poses a question of first impression: in what county or counties is it proper to try offenses in which a computer was essential to the furtherance of the criminal…