Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Wagstaff

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 6, 2006PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

POPOVICH, J.:

¶ 1 The Commonwealth appeals the order granting a motion to suppress filed by Appellee Waddell Wagstaff claiming the trial court erred in holding that the police did not wait a reasonable period of time before executing a search warrant. 1 We affirm.

¶2 In reviewing the grant of a motion to suppress, the standard of review is well-established; to-wit:

When the Commonwealth appeals from a suppression order, we follow a clearly defined standard of review and consider only the evidence from the defendant’s witnesses together with the evidence of the prosecution that, when…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Richards v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  3. Commonwealth v. DuggerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  4. United States v. BanksSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  5. Commonwealth v. StanleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ScottSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  2. Com. v. Johnson, T.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  3. Com. v. Pottle, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019

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