Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lyons
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 12, 1978No. 63PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CERCONE, Judge:
The Commonwealth has taken this appeal from an order of the lower court suppressing certain gambling paraphernalia, namely poolmaking and numbers sheets. The evidence was discovered on appellant’s person and in his car following his arrest for various Motor Vehicle Code violations. There being no real dispute that the court’s suppression order is being challenged on a purely legal basis and has the effect of putting the Commonwealth out of court with respect to the gambling violations charged, we will allow the appeal. Commonwealth v. Blevins, 453 Pa. 481, 309 A.2d 421 (1973);…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Pennsylvania v. MimmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Cady v. DombrowskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CorishSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Steven Davis v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2015
- Commonwealth v. Hughes, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Mercer County1983
- Commonwealth v. LyonsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978