Commonwealth v. Stasiak

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a chemical analysis of narcotics is not needed to prove that the substance was, in fact, illegal narcotics
• concluding that, although there was no chemical analysis of the prescription drugs possessed by the appellant, the “fact-finder could reasonably infer that these bottles still contained the drugs which were indicated on the labels”
• rejecting need for chemical analysis of suspected narcotics where circumstantial evidence, consisting of sealed and labelled bottles recently stolen from pharmacy, was sufficient
• rejecting need for chemical analysis of suspected narcotics where circumstantial evidence, consisting of sealed and labelled bottles recently stolen from pharmacy, was sufficient
• extraterritorial arrest upheld because pursuit was fresh, continuous, and uninterrupted

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).