Commonwealth v. Johnson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
Per Curiam,
This is an appeal by defendant from a judgment of sentence of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia County entered on December 14, 1961.
Defendant was tried before a judge, sitting without a jury, and convicted of unlawful possession of certain drugs, to wit, heroin.
The issue is the reasonableness of the search of defendant’s person and the seizure of heroin thereon after arrest without a warrant.
The judgment of sentence is affirmed on the opinion of Judge Nealon of the Forty-fifth Judicial District, specially presiding, as reported in 27 Pa. D. & C. 2d 301, with the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Commonwealth v. RichardsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Commonwealth v. BosurgiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonPhiladelphia County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1961
3Cited by9 opinions
- State v. CookSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1968
- Commonwealth v. HarrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. YoungSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Basista v. WeirDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1964
- Commonwealth v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
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