Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. McKeirnan

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 4, 1985No. 3377PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIEAND, Judge:

The Commonwealth has appealed from an order suppressing all evidence and quashing informations which charged members of the McKeirnan family with assaulting and otherwise hindering members of the State Police in the performance of their duties. The only reason given for this order by the trial court was that the State Police had been illegally present upon McKeirnan land at the time of the alleged assault. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Although there is considerable dispute about the events which occurred on the evening of August 7, 1982, we accept as true and…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. United States v. LeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. United States v. CalandraSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Michigan v. DeFillippoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. United States v. CrewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FrenchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  2. Commonwealth v. CarelliSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  3. Commonwealth v. ChewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  4. Commonwealth v. LavelleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  5. In the Interest of Barry W.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993

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