Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Simala
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 23, 1969No. Appeal, 162PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Roberts,
On the morning of March 1,1967, the body of Thomas Serenko was found on a country road near the Borough of Portage in Cambria. County. An investigation of’ *221the crime was begun by a Corporal Pelesky of the State Police and two other officers. An autopsy performed on the body of the deceased revealed that the cause of death was a bullet wound from a .22 caliber gun.
Some time during the day Corporal Pelesky received a report that appellant had been seen with a .22 revolver the previous day. Pelesky obtained a search warrant for a .22 revolver from Ralph George, who…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Mathis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Orozco v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Commonwealth v. JeffersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
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3Cited by111 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ChesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Commonwealth v. YountSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. ChackoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Commonwealth v. HegginsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Commonwealth v. BrunoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
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