Commonwealth v. Golden
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
SPAETH, Judge:
A jury convicted appellant of possessing a controlled substance-marihuana-with the intent to deliver. 1 Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to pay a fine of $3,000 and to undergo imprisonment for eleven and one half to twenty-three months. The issue on this appeal is whether the marihuana should have been suppressed because of an improper execution of a search warrant by the police. 2
The facts relevant to this issue were as follows. At 9:40 p. m., on October 5, 1976, Detective Joseph Weaver of the Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office obtained a…
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2Cases cited24 opinions
- Elkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Miller v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Sabbath v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Commonwealth v. GravelySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Commonwealth v. DeMichelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BoernerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. ParsonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Commonwealth v. CarrollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Commonwealth v. SchillingSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
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