Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Crissy

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 3, 1982No. 1017PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BECK, Judge:

Appellant was convicted of possession of cocaine in violation of the Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act. 1 35 P.S. 780-113(a)(16). His only contention is that the ■court below erred in denying his motion to suppress the cocaine introduced against him at trial. We disagree and affirm the lower court’s judgment of sentence.

In reviewing the findings of a suppression court, this Court must determine whether the record “supports the suppression court’s factual findings and the legitimacy of the inferences and legal conclusions drawn from those findings. In making this…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Commonwealth v. BosurgiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  3. Commonwealth v. KichlineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  4. Commonwealth v. HicksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
  5. Commonwealth v. NorwoodSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LewisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Commonwealth v. SpeaksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  3. Commonwealth v. RomeriSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  4. Commonwealth v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Commonwealth v. WoodsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985

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