Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Brantley

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Delaware County

Decided May 22, 2012No. CP-23 CR-0004728-2011Published

1Opinion of the Court

NILON, J,

The commonwealth, hereinafter “appellant”, argues that the court erred in granting the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence. The police conducted a custodial interrogation without providing Miranda warnings to the defendant and the defendant never voluntarily consented to the warrantless seizure of her cellular telephone by the police. Therefore, the appellant’s contentions are meritless.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY:

This is an appeal from this court’s order imposed on December 22,2011. The nature and history of the case are as follows:

On June 1,2011, a criminal complaint was…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Stansbury v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  2. Oliver v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Vernonia School District 47J v. ActonSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  4. Mancusi v. DeForteSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Commonwealth v. StricklerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000

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