Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Brion
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 30, 1994No. Appeal 62 Middle District Appeal Docket 1993PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZAPPALA, Justice.
The controlling question in this appeal is whether, under the Pennsylvania Constitution, the police can send a confidential *257informer into the home of an individual to electronically record his conversations and transmit them back to the police. Because the right to privacy in one’s domain is sacrosanct, we hold that Article I, § 8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution precludes the police from sending a confidential informer into the home of an individual to electronically record his conversations and transmit them back to the police. The order of the Superior Court is…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. BlystoneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
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- Commonwealth v. SchaefferSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
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