Commonwealth v. Peterson

408 Pa. Superior Ct. 22 (1991)

596 A.2d 172

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania

v.

Warren PETERSON, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued March 7, 1991.

Filed August 19, 1991.

Karl Baker, Asst. Public Defender, Philadelphia, for appellant.

John K. McDonald, Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, for the Com., appellee.

Before BECK, POPOVICH and HOFFMAN, JJ.

BECK, Judge:

The issue in this appeal is whether under the fourth amendment a defendant has a reasonable expectation of privacy in an uninhabitable structure which appellant was using to engage in the sale of narcotics. We conclude that appellant had…