Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Lagana

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 7, 1986No. 42 E.D. Appeal Docket 1985PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*479OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

This appeal is from an order of the Superior Court, 334 Pa.Super 100, 482 A.2d 1101, affirming an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. The latter court had granted appellee’s motion to suppress evidence on the basis of collateral estoppel.

The relevant history of this case is as follows. On the evening of May 11, 1981, a police officer stopped appellee while the latter was standing on a street corner in Philadelphia. At the time the officer was responding to a radio call which indicated that a man with a gun was present on the corner. Appellee fit the…

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Commonwealth v. DuggerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  4. Commonwealth v. CampanaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  5. State v. GonzalezSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1977

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  2. Okkerse v. HoweSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  3. Commonwealth v. RodgersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  4. Commonwealth v. LaganaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  5. Commonwealth v. HolderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002

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