Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Wilson

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 15, 2010No. 2724 EDA 2008PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*522OPINION IN SUPPORT OF AFFIRMANCE BY

PANELLA, J.:

This is an appeal from an order of the Philadelphia Gun Court which authorized random, warrantless searches as a condition of probation and parole for Appellant, David A. Wilson. Wilson raises a number of challenges to this condition, imposed by the Honorable Susan I. Shulman, on August 18, 2008, in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. After careful review, we affirm the condition as it applies to the probationary sentence, but are required to vacate with respect to the state parole aspect of the sentence.

We begin with a brief…

2Cases cited29 opinions

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3Cited by19 opinions

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