Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Iannaccio
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 3, 1982No. 729PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPOVICH, Judge.
This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County directing the Commonwealth to produce a confidential informant in camera.1 Based on the particular facts of this case, we reverse.
A review of the facts reveal the following: On August 15, 1978, Detectives Mullen and Butler secured a warrant to search the premises of the appellee, John Iannaccio, located at 5129 Roma Way, Pittsburgh, Pa. The probable cause section of the warrant read:
“Affiants received information from a confidential reliable informant that John Iannaccio Jr. aka Jack was dealing…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Franks v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- McCray v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Thompson v. City of LouisvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RodgersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Commonwealth v. IannaccioSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Commonwealth v. BonasorteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Commonwealth v. AnderlSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- American Express Co. v. BurgisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
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