Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Waltson

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 1, 1997No. 00821PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOFFMAN, Judge:

This is an appeal from a January 15, 1997 judgment of sentence for possession of a controlled substance,1 possession with intent to deliver,2 and manufacture with intent to deliver.3 Appellant, Daniel Waltson, presents the following issue for our review:

Did the trial court commit error and abuse of discretion in denying the Appellant’s Motion for Suppression of Evidence, where the search warrant and affidavit fail to set out the credibility and veracity of the informer, and where the police searched, and seized evidence from, the entire residence as described in the warrant,…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Commonwealth v. GraySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  3. Commonwealth v. LewisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  4. Riojas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  5. Tucker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1966

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. KornSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  2. Commonwealth v. WaltsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  3. Commonwealth v. HuntingtonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  4. Commonwealth v. JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  5. Commonwealth v. Hawkins, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County2010

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