Case Name: Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Thorne
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1972-12-11
Citations: 223 Pa. Super. 122
Docket Number: Appeals, Nos. 417, 418 and 419
Parties: Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Thorne.
Judges: Before Wright, P. J., Watkins, Jacobs, Hoffman, Spaulding, Cercone, and Packel, J J.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 223
Pages: 122–130

Head Matter:
Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Thorne.
Argued June 13, 1972.
Before Wright, P. J., Watkins, Jacobs, Hoffman, Spaulding, Cercone, and Packel, J J.
reargument refused December 29, 1972.
Robert Q-. Bighorn, Assistant District Attorney, with Mm Oscar F. Spicer, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellant.
Robert E. Campbell, Public Defender, for Lester Courtney Thorne, appellee.
Henry O. Ileiser, III, with him Swope & Frasee, for Ronald Lee Thorne, appellee.
Carry E. Hartman, with him Eugene R. Hartman, for Clarence Junior Thorne, appellee.
December 11, 1972:

Opinion:
Opinion by
Hoffman, J.,
The Commonwealth, appellant in this case, conceded in oral argument before this court that the inad missibility of the suppressed evidence would not substantially handicap the prosecution of this case. An examination of the suppression hearing record indicates that this is true. In light of Commonwealth v. Bosurgi, 411 Pa. 56, 63, 190 A. 2d 304 (1963) and Commonwealth v. Pomponi, 436 Pa. 565, 568, 259 A. 2d 872 (1970), such an admission requires that this appeal be quashed without determining the validity of the search.