Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Fisher
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 8, 1983No. 44 and 45PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*314McEWEN, Judge:
Each of the two appellants brings to this court a direct appeal from the judgments of sentence imposed after they were each found guilty of violations of the Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act.1 We affirm.
Pittsburgh police applied for and were issued a search warrant for the residence of appellants at 913 Southside Avenue in Pittsburgh on January 25, 1978, after they received information from an unnamed informant that a man by the name of Fisher was engaged in the sale of large quantities of marijuana and was expecting to receive a large shipment late in the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DavisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Commonwealth v. AriondoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
- Commonwealth v. RamosSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
- Commonwealth v. RatsamySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Commonwealth v. AriondoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
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