Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Edwards
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 6, 1990No. 2315 & 2325PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIEAND, Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of the trial court which suppressed controlled substances and other evidence seized from a parolee’s apartment following a warrantless search by parole officers who were present to execute a warrant for the arrest of the parolee because of her failure to report to her parole supervisor.
On March 6, 1989, at or about 6:15 a.m., David Guglielmi and James Newton, Pennsylvania State Parole Officers, arrived at the apartment of Robin Pickron, a parolee, to execute a warrant for Pickron’s arrest for failing to report to her parole officer. The parole…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Griffin v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Wyman v. JamesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Commonwealth v. DuggerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PickronSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Deanna Jo Shea v. Karla L. Smith, Scott Baker, Robert RumgayCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- Commonwealth v. RosenfeltSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- Lee v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Commonwealth v. AltadonnaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
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