Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Bozzi

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 21, 1955No. Appeal, 127PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

James F. Bozzi was arrested on April 15, 1954, by officers of the Narcotics Squad of the Police Department of the City of Philadelphia, and charged with the unlawful possession of narcotic drugs. In Bozzi-s bedroom the officers discovered a small coin machine, for which Bozzi produced the key, containing eight packages of white powder, eighty capsules filled with white powder, and two boxes of empty capsules. Bozzi admitted that “it was his stuff”. Chemical analysis revealed that the powder contained a mixture of milk sugar and heroin hydrochloride, an opium derivative.…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. TraceySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  2. Com. ex rel. Wilhelm v. MorganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  3. Commonwealth v. GrossSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. McGinnis v. AsheSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  5. Commonwealth v. SweeneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GloverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  2. Commonwealth v. BRUNOSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  3. Commonwealth v. MaysSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  4. Commonwealth v. McKinleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  5. Commonwealth v. GorodetskySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1955

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