Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Mallory
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 16, 1992No. 2854PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPOVICH, Judge.
The Commonwealth appeals the grant of a motion to suppress by the appellee, Robert Mallory. 1 We reverse.
The facts of record are undisputed and indicate that at approximately 1:45 p.m., on the 3rd day of March, 1989, plainclothes officers under the direction of Lieutenant Samuel Lynch of the Philadelphia Police Department established a surveillance in the vicinity of 1308 East Price Street, Philadelphia. This action was taken because of numerous accounts received by the police that drug activity was taking place in the 1300 block of East Price Street.
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2Cases cited26 opinions
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Texas v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Ybarra v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BurnsideSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Quarles v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1997
- Commonwealth v. EvansSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- In the Interest of B.C.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Commonwealth v. RosenfeltSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
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