Commonwealth v. Fischer

CERCONE, Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered after a jury trial in which appellant was found guilty of Burglary, Theft, Receiving Stolen Property, Criminal Mischief and Criminal Conspiracy. 1 Post-verdict motions were denied and a sentence of four to eight years was imposed. This appeal followed.

The question at issue is whether the police in this case had the authority under 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 8953(a)(2) 2 , the Municipal Police Jurisdiction Act, to pursue a van driven by appellant into a neighboring jurisdiction for the purpose of investigation which then led to the…