Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Delvalle

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 28, 2013PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

WECHT, J.:

Roberto Delvalle (“Appellant”) appeals from the September 9, 2011, judgment of sentence. We affirm.

In its Pa.R.A.P. 1925(a) opinion, the trial court set forth the salient facts of this case as follows:

On October 30, 2010, two undercover Philadelphia police officers in “plainclothes” conducted a surveillance for drug sales beginning at approximately 3:45 p.m. From a confidential location, officer Eric Crawford used binoculars to observe [Appellant] from a distance of 50 to 55 feet.

The officer observed co-defendant Maria Melendez walk up to [Appellant], speak with…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  2. Commonwealth v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  3. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  4. Commonwealth v. LeveretteSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  5. Commonwealth v. LAWSONSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973

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3Cited by47 opinions

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