Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Smith
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 12, 1963No. Appeal, No. 140PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rhodes, P. J.,
This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from an order of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia County at Nos. 25 and 26, September Sessions, 1962, granting the pre-trial petition of defendants, Peter A. Smith and Alan Bass, to suppress evidence which consisted of marijuana found on the person and in the apartment of Smith on August 1, 1962.
On February 4, 1963, defendants petitioned the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia County, asking that the evidence, consisting of seized marijuana, be suppressed as illegally obtained through an unreasonable search and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DonnellySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
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