Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Rose

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 16, 1967No. Appeal, 625PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Jacobs, J.,

The sole question in this case is whether an affidavit on which a search warrant was issued set forth probable cause. The court below held that it did not. We reverse.

Frank Carney Rose, the appellee, was indicted by the grand jury of Bucks County on a charge of possessing narcotics, a felony under Section 20 of The Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act of September 26, 1961, P. L. 1664, as amended, 35 P.S. §780-20. Appellee filed a petition to suppress evidence seized by the police from his automobile pursuant to the search warrant. ' After a hearing the court below entered an…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Giordenello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  4. Commonwealth v. BosurgiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  5. Commonwealth v. CrawleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1966

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MatthewsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  2. Commonwealth v. LapiaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Commonwealth v. DerenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  4. Commonwealth v. DeFeliceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. Commonwealth v. PaytonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1968

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