Commonwealth v. Gordon

OPINION

NEWMAN, Justice.

The Commonwealth appeals the Superior Court’s Order of March 15,1994, vacating the judgment of sentence entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) against Charles Gordon (Gordon) for receiving stolen property,1 and remanding the matter for a new trial. We reverse.

FACTS

The record reveals that on December 8, 1991, Philadelphia police officer Frank Pavgouzas received police radio information that a white male, approximately twenty years old with blond hair, wearing a .gray or brown jacket and jeans, had snatched a purse from Cathy Babe…