Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Heyward

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 29, 1977No. 1503PublishedCited by 17 opinions

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…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Commonwealth v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  4. Commonwealth v. KlineSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. Commonwealth v. WildsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WallaceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  2. Commonwealth v. HutchinsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  3. Commonwealth v. ProkopchakSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  4. In Re BurtonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  5. Commonwealth v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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