Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Finley

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 24, 1981No. 80-3-547PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

Appellant Dorothy Finley was convicted of possessing an instrument of crime generally, prohibited offensive weapon, carrying a firearm without a license, criminal conspiracy, robbery and murder of the second degree. On direct appeal, two issues were raised: (1) the evidence was insufficient to sustain the convictions and (2) evidence obtained pursuant to a search warrant was inadmissible because the search warrant was based on illegally obtained evidence. In a per curiam opinion, this Court affirmed the judgments of sentence. Commonwealth v. Finley, 477…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SangriccoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  2. Commonwealth v. BlairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  3. Commonwealth v. McClintonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  4. Commonwealth v. FinleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Pennsylvania v. FinleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. Peterkin v. JeffesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
  3. Commonwealth v. AlbertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  4. Commonwealth v. FinleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  5. Peterkin v. JeffesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988

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