Commonwealth v. Triplett

OPINION OF THE COURT

O’BRIEN, Justice.

Appellant, Lawrence Triplett, a Philadelphia police officer, was tried by a judge sitting without a jury and found guilty of burglary, larceny and receiving stolen *246goods. Post-trial motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to a term of “one and one-half to five years in a state correctional institution. An appeal to the Superior Court resulted in an affirmance of appellant’s conviction. We granted allocatur and now reverse.

The facts surrounding this appeal are as follows: On December 25, 1971, a burglary occurred at the Delmonico warehouse in the…