Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Salvaggio

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 30, 1982No. 736PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McEWEN, Judge:

We here review an appeal from a judgment of sentence imposed after appellant was convicted following a non-jury trial of possession of cocaine and possession of methamphetamine and sentenced to two terms of imprisonment for a period of from five months to one year to be served concurrently.

Appellant expresses the following contentions in his brief:

1. An individual cannot be considered to be credible in order to establish probable cause to issue a search warrant when he has never provided information in the past and the police know nothing about his background other than he is a…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. United States v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Commonwealth v. MatthewsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BarbaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Commonwealth v. McJettCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  3. Commonwealth v. DeemerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  4. Commonwealth v. CorletoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  5. Commonwealth v. MileySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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