Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Williams
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 21, 1997No. 0003 E.D. 1996PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
CASTILLE, Justice.
The issue on appeal is whether evidence seized from appellee’s bedroom after a warrantless search by his parole officer should be suppressed where appellee signed a form giving an agent of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (“Parole Board”) consent to search his premises as a condition of his parole. Because we find that the evidence should not be suppressed under the facts of this case, we reverse the order of the Superior Court and reinstate the judgment of sentence entered by the trial court.
BACKGROUND
The relevant facts are that appellee…
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