Commonwealth v. Heyward
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
SPAETH, Judge:
Appellant was convicted on nine charges, including receiving stolen property, possession of forged automobile title" certificates, theft by receiving stolen property, unlawful use of a credit card, and possession of a controlled substance. These convictions rested in part on evidence seized from appellant’s apartment. Appellant argues that the affidavit of probable cause in the warrant authorizing the search of his apartment did not contain sufficient information to support a finding of probable cause.
The relevant portion of the warrant read:
Probable cause belief is based on the…
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