Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. James
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 29, 2013PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice EAKIN.
The Commonwealth appeals from the order of the Superior Court vacating ap-pellee’s judgment of sentence for persons not to possess firearms, possessing instruments of crime (unlawful body armor), possession of small amount of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia.1 We conclude the Superior Court erred in holding the trial court violated Pa.R.Crim.P. 203(D) in the course of deciding whether a search warrant should have been issued; accordingly, we reverse.
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2Cases cited28 opinions
- Franks v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- California v. GreenwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Commonwealth v. EdmundsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Commonwealth v. BosurgiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Commonwealth v. DuggerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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3Cited by80 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. Cooley, III, N., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
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