Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Cotton

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 12, 1999PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CERCONE, President Judge Emeritus:

¶ 1 Appellant Kymmar Cotton appeals from the judgment of sentence of eighteen months probation imposed after his conviction for the offenses of carrying a loaded firearm without a license and carrying a loaded firearm on the streets of Philadelphia.1 We affirm.

¶ 2 The Suppression Court has aptly summarized the facts surrounding Appellant’s arrest which were adduced at his suppression hearing held July 17, 1997:

On January 22, 1997, at approximately 6:49 p.m., Philadelphia Police Officer Gary Harrison and his partner were in plainclothes, driving an unmarked…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. United States v. HensleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Whiteley v. Warden, Wyoming State PenitentiarySupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Commonwealth v. RandolphSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  4. Commonwealth v. PriceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  5. Commonwealth v. QueenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994

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  5. Commonwealth v. BoltonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003

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