Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Santiago

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 4, 1999PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEVENS, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of York County following Appellant’s conviction on the charge of possession with the intent to deliver cocaine. Herein, Appellant contends that the suppression court erred in failing to suppress cocaine seized by the police. We affirm.

In reviewing the denial of a motion to suppress, our responsibility is to determine whether the record supports the suppression court’s factual findings and the legitimacy of the inferences and legal conclusions drawn from those findings. If the suppression court…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LopezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  2. Commonwealth v. McCullumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  3. Commonwealth v. RolandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  4. Commonwealth v. GrahamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  5. Commonwealth v. GovensSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  2. Commonwealth v. AndersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  3. Commonwealth v. BowmasterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  4. Commonwealth v. McCreeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  5. Commonwealth v. GriffinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001

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