Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 6, 1990No. 1548PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIEAND, Judge:
Paul Lewis was tried in the Municipal Court of Philadelphia and was found guilty of possession of cocaine, a controlled substance. He was sentenced to probation for a period of one year. A petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Common Pleas was denied, and Lewis appealed. He contends that the trial court improperly refused to suppress cocaine seized from him by police following an arrest which was illegal because it was unsupported by probable cause. We agree and reverse.
Appellant, by his counsel, moved orally 1 in the Municipal Court to suppress the cocaine in the…
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