Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 4/19/1985

Commonwealth v. Evans

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494 A.2d 383
343 Pa. Super. 118
1985 Pa. Super. LEXIS 7144

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sustaining conviction of second-degree murder in case where victim died of cardiac arrest four hours after being kidnaped and robbed by petitioner
felonious conduct of appellant started an unbroken chain of causation which aggravated victim’s heart disease sufficient to sustain conviction of second degree murder
an NCIC report that a vehicle was stolen and the occupants armed with weapons was sufficiently reliable for probable cause
“The Commonwealth introduced testimony of a forensic pathologist who opined: The cause of death was due to the arteriosclerotic heart disease ... aggravated by the robbery and the kidnapping.”
NCIC computer check of license which revealed that vehicle was stolen and used in a criminal act and that occupants were armed was sufficient in and of itself to justify warrantless arrest of appellant
NCIC computer check of license which revealed that vehicle was stolen and used in a criminal act and that occupants were armed was sufficient in and of itself to justify warrantless arrest of appellant

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Judges: Brosky, Wieand, McEwen

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