Commonwealth v. Wilson

OPINION

Chief Justice CASTILLE.

This Court granted allocatur to consider whether a probation condition authorizing warrantless, suspicionless searches of a probationer’s home violates statutory and constitutional precepts. For the reasons that follow, we vacate the order of the Superior Court on statutory grounds and remand for resentencing.

This matter emanates from the Philadelphia Gun Court, a specialized court within the Court of Common Pleas. That body was instituted by the First Judicial District on January 10, 2005 as a response to the marked increase in gun violence in Philadelphia, and…