Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Arthur

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 20, 2013PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtOpinion By Platt, J.

The Commonwealth appeals from the Order of March 16, 2012, which granted Appellees’, Curtis D. Arthur, Jasmine Demi Thompson, and Ryan J. LadsonSingleton,1 motion to suppress the results *426of a Global Positioning System (GPS) device.2 We reverse and remand.

In March 2011, the Montgomery County Detectives’ Bureau received information from two confidential informants that Ap-pellee Arthur was selling drugs in the Norristown area. One of the informants, who had purchased drugs from Appellee Arthur, participated in a controlled buy. During the buy, the police observed that Appellee Arthur drove to…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. United States v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  4. Commonwealth v. BurtonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  5. Commonwealth v. GraySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986

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3Cited by37 opinions

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  2. State v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2014
  3. Commonwealth v. ChampneySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  4. Commonwealth v. Gorbea-LespierSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  5. Commonwealth v. BanksSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017

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