Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Trenge

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 1, 1982No. 2560PublishedCited by 79 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SUGERMAN, Judge.

In the instant appeal from judgment of sentence imposed for possession of a controlled substance following a bench trial, Appellant contends that the contraband was seized in the course of an unlawful warrantless search of his person and should have thus been suppressed. We disagree and therefore affirm.

Our function on review of an order denying a motion to suppress is to determine whether the factual findings of the lower court are supported by the record. In making this determination, we are to consider only the evidence of the prosecution’s witnesses and so much of the…

2Cases cited75 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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3Cited by79 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. VenturaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  2. Commonwealth v. AriondoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
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  5. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990

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