Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Conn

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 9, 1988No. 594PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIEAND, Judge:

Stephen Allen Conn was tried nonjury and was found guilty of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. 1 Post-trial motions were denied, and Conn was sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment for not less than eight months nor more than twenty months. On direct appeal, he argues that evidence obtained as a result of a warrantless entry of his home by police should have been suppressed. It should have been suppressed, he argues, because there were not exigent circumstances sufficient to excuse the police from obtaining a warrant and because the police failed to…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. United States v. Winston Bryant McConneyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
  4. Harold B. Dorman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
  5. United States v. Paul Gary Rubin United States of America v. Louis Martin Agnes A/K/A Louis MartinCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GovensSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  2. Commonwealth v. AriondoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  3. State v. SantanaSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1991
  4. Commonwealth v. AgnewSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  5. Commonwealth v. McBrideSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990

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