Commonwealth v. Shaheen

257 Pa. Superior Ct. 393 (1978)

390 A.2d 1294

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania

v.

Leslie SHAHEEN, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted November 8, 1976.

Decided July 12, 1978.

Bruce A. Carsia, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Robert E. Colville, District Attorney, Pittsburgh, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WATKINS, P.J., and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.

HOFFMAN, Judge:

The instant appeal raises one question: whether an issuing authority[1] has the power to issue a search warrant for premises outside of his magisterial district, but within the same county. We…