Commonwealth v. Jackson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Cercone, J.,
This is an appeal by Thomas L. Jackson from his conviction, after trial without jury, of the crimes of burglary and attempted burglary. The appellant urges this Court to grant him a new trial on the basis of alleged errors made at the suppression hearing.1 For the reasons enunciated below we deny appellant’s motion on the burglary conviction, but grant it as to the attempted burglary conviction.
The facts of the case, simply stated, are these. Some time between December 24, 1971 and January 2, 1972, a Mr. Alexander Johnson told the police that he had observed the…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. AshSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LeeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. HodgeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Starr v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. FlynnSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Commonwealth v. PattersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
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