Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Melendez
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 22, 1996PublishedCited by 176 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Justice.
Patricia Melendez was convicted by a jury of possession of cocaine with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia in violation of the Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act,1 criminal conspiracy,2 and violation of the Uniform Firearms Act.3 She was sentenced to eleven and one half years to twenty-three years in prison. On appeal, Superi- or Court affirmed the convictions, with one judge dissenting. We granted allocatur in order to address Melendez’s claims that police conducted improper searches and seizures of inculpatory…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Berger v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Commonwealth v. HicksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
- Commonwealth v. LovetteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
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3Cited by176 opinions
- Commonwealth v. StricklerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Commonwealth v. CookSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Commonwealth v. ChaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
- Commonwealth v. JacksonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
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