Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hall
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 16, 1973No. Appeal, 347PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Roberts,
Appellant William Hall was tried nonjury in the Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia and convicted of possession and use of narcotic drugs. Post-trial motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than forty days nor more than twenty-three months. The Superior Court affirmed the judgment of sentence, Commonwealth v. Hall, 219 Pa. Superior Ct. 760, 281 A. 2d 345 (1971), and we granted allocatur. For reasons which follow, we remand for another suppression hearing.
Prior to trial appellant made a timely motion to suppress certain…
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