Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Malson

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 1, 1994No. 2741PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROWLEY, President Judge:

The Commonwealth has appealed from a trial court order granting appellee’s motion for the suppression of physical evidence. On appeal, it is contended that “the [trial] court committed a clear error of law by suppressing cocaine and cash that police seized from [David Malson (hereinafter “appellee”) ] when they arrested him, after watching him conduct what they [ ] believed to be a drug transaction on a German-town street corner.” We do not agree, and therefore, we affirm.

Initially, we note that in reviewing the grant of a suppression motion “[a]n appellate court must…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Henry v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  5. Commonwealth v. GraySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. CookSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  2. Commonwealth v. E.M.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  3. Commonwealth v. NobalezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  4. Commonwealth v. StroudSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  5. Commonwealth v. TitherSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996

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