Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. McCord
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 4, 1985No. 0068PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WATKINS, Judge:
This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Criminal Division, granting the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence.
The defendant-appellee, Calvin McCord, was charged with two counts of drug violations under 35 P.S. § 780-113(a)(30) and one count of possession of controlled substance, 35 P.S. § 780-113(a)(16). The drug involved was heroin.
The only question raised on appeal is whether the court below erred in granting the defendant’s motion to suppress the evidence on the ground that the application for a search warrant…
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