Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Rispo

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 25, 1985No. 00088 Philadelphia 83PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellant contends that the lower court should have suppressed the evidence seized when law officers, without a warrant, entered his home to retrieve certain property and *227arrested him. We agree and, accordingly, vacate the judgment of sentence, and remand for a new trial.

On September 5, 1980, appellant was arrested in his home located at 1130 Tennis Avenue in Bensalem Township. He was subsequently charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, delivery of a controlled substance, and conspiracy to possess, possess…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HolzerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  2. Commonwealth v. ShawSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  3. Commonwealth v. SiloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. Commonwealth v. TimkoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  5. Commonwealth v. MorrisonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GovensSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  2. Commonwealth v. AriondoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  3. Commonwealth v. McBrideSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  4. Commonwealth v. WeikSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Commonwealth v. LeeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2009

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