Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Baker
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 15, 1986No. 9 W.D. Appeal Dkt. 1986PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McDermott, Justice.
Appellee, Bradley R. Baker, was convicted of two counts of violating the Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act;1 possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance;2 and possession of a controlled substance.3 Prior to trial Baker filed a motion to suppress. This motion was denied and during his trial the contraband, *26which was seized by police while executing a search warrant, was introduced in evidence against him.
On appeal the Superior Court held that the affidavit in support of the application for the subject search warrant lacked sufficient…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Commonwealth v. EllisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Commonwealth v. SchaefferSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Commonwealth v. GlassSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Commonwealth v. LemanskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
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