Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Guerrero

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 19, 1994No. 3860PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OLSZEWSKI, Judge.

Juan Guerrero appeals the judgment sentencing him to three-to-six years imprisonment for possession and possession with intent to deliver heroin. Guerrero brings only one challenge: he contends that the heroin found in his camera bag should have been suppressed since he had not consented to the police search which revealed it. We agree, and order a new trial.

In reviewing an order from' a suppression court, we consider the Commonwealth’s evidence, and only so much of defendant’s evidence as remains uncontradicted. We accept the suppression court’s factual findings that are…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Florida v. JimenoSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. Commonwealth v. EdmundsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HoopesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  2. Commonwealth v. EdwardsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  3. Commonwealth v. DemorSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  4. Com. v. Gallagher, T.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2021
  5. Commonwealth v. Erwin, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lycoming County2013

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