Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Wiggins

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County

Decided February 19, 2014No. 1600-11; 2578 EDA 2013Published

1Opinion of the Court

SMYTH, J.,

I. Introduction

After hearing, this court granted defendant’s motion under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, Pa.R.Crim.P. 581, in this drug prosecution, to suppress evidence seized in a police search of his residence conducted under the putative authority of a search warrant obtained from a magistrate. The Commonwealth has appealed the order of suppression to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Although we previously under Pa.R.Crim.P. 581(1) placed on the record our findings of fact and *371conclusions of law supporting our decision, and have done our best to fulfill our…

2Cases cited53 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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