Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Wilson

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 3, 1993No. 365PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POPOVICH, Judge:

The Commonwealth appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County suppressing evidence *112seized from the defendant/appellee, Eric Wilson.1 We affirm.

Where, as here, “the Commonwealth is appealing the adverse decision of a suppression court, a reviewing court must consider only the evidence of the defendant’s witnesses and so much of the evidence for the prosecution as read in the context of the record as a whole remains uncontradicted.” Commonwealth v. Hamlin, 503 Pa. 210, 216, 469 A.2d 137, 139 (1983).

Application of the Hamlin standard in the instant case,…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Alabama v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1990

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LohrSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  2. Commonwealth v. WimbushSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  3. Commonwealth v. SwartzSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  4. Commonwealth v. MartinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  5. Commonwealth v. GoodwinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000

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