Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Fisher

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 16, 1972No. Appeals, 1802 and 1803PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Cercone, J.,

Defendant was found guilty in a nonjury trial on charges of possession of dangerous drugs and posses sion of narcotic drugs. His motion in arrest of judgment was denied by the lower court, hence this appeal.

Defendant’s two main arguments in support of his motion are: (1) that the affidavit in support of the search and seizure warrant in this case was defective because it failed to specify the time observations were made by the informer, the time he transmitted this information to the affiant officer, and the time the surveillances were made by the officers as a result of…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Miller v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  4. Commonwealth v. TabbSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  5. Commonwealth v. NewmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. NorrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  2. Commonwealth v. AmbersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. Commonwealth v. DavisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  4. Commonwealth v. EliffSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. Commonwealth v. WeimerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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