Legal Opinion

In Re Burton

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 20, 1978No. 972 and 973PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CERCONE, Judge:

The sole issue raised by this appeal is whether the facts recited in an affidavit in support of a search warrant were sufficient to establish probable cause. Specifically, it is asserted that probable cause was lacking due to the affidavit’s failure to set forth sufficient underlying circumstances from which the issuing authority could independently determine that the affiant’s informer was credible or his information reliable. We agree. *

Appellants, who are both juveniles, were adjudicated delinquent on the basis that they were responsible for the theft of a set of cymbals…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Commonwealth v. DavisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  4. Commonwealth v. AmbersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  5. Commonwealth v. WildsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LemanskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. Commonwealth v. LuddySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  3. Commonwealth v. MazzochettiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. Commonwealth v. AlbertSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  5. Commonwealth v. BarbaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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