Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Daniels
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 1, 1991No. 1994PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROWLEY, President Judge.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, appealing from the order of the trial court granting appellee’s motion to suppress, raises the following issue: whether the trial court erred in suppressing two handguns seized while in plain view by police officers lawfully present in appellee’s home. After reviewing the record, we reverse the order of the trial court granting appellee’s motion to suppress the handguns.
The following factual history was set forth by the trial court in its opinion:
On November 26, 1987, at 8:30 p.m. Michelle Wharton told police Officer Marone that…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Texas v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Horton v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Commonwealth v. RiniSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Commonwealth v. KendrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. JohnsonnaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Commonwealth v. Favere, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Carbon County1992
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