Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Pomerantz

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 23, 1990No. 3401PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Judge:

Harold Pomerantz appeals from an order denying his motion for return of property. We affirm in part and vacate in part.

Pomerantz asks this court, on appeal, to consider the questions of (a) whether certain property constitutes derivative contraband, and if so, (b) whether such property need be returned as having been illegally seized. Since we are unable to determine that Pomerantz has established the necessary predicate to raise these questions, we decline to consider those issues and affirm the order denying return of the property.

At the outset, we note that a motion for…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. YoungSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  2. Commonwealth v. LandySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. Commonwealth v. MyersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. Commonwealth v. LowrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  5. Kulbitsky AppealCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988

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3Cited by21 opinions

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  3. Petition of KoenigSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
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  5. Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000

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