Commonwealth v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
CAVANAUGH, Judge:
The Commonwealth appeals from an order granting ap-pellees’ motions to suppress physical evidence and appellee Johnson’s motion to suppress inculpatory statements. The lower court suppressed the evidence because it found that the search warrant affidavit failed to set forth reasonable cause for a nighttime search. See Pa.R.Crim.P. 2003(c). We agree with the lower court that the affidavit was insufficient in that regard. We disagree, however, with its conclusion that the evidence must be suppressed simply because we have found the nighttime search unjustified. Rather, we hold…
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