Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Thorne
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 22, 2018No. 2877 EDA 2017PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY LAZARUS, J.:
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Commonwealth) appeals from the order, 1 entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, granting Tayyib Thorne's pre-trial motion to suppress money and a gun recovered from an allegedly unlawful search of the center console of the car in which Thorne was a front-seat passenger. After careful review, we reverse and remand.
On the evening of April 29, 2017, Officer Johnathan Sweeney, a two-year veteran of the 17 th District of the Philadelphia Police Department, was on routine patrol in his marked vehicle in the area of 26 th…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Michigan v. LongSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Pennsylvania v. MimmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Commonwealth v. FeczkoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Commonwealth v. DeWittSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
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