Commonwealth v. McKeirnan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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…
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