Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Graham
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 22, 1998No. 042 W.D. Appeal Docket 1997PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ANNOUNCING JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
NIGRO, Justice.
This is an appeal from an Order of the Superior Court affirming Appellant’s sentence for Possession and Possession With Intent to Deliver narcotics. The issue in this appeal is whether evidence seized from Appellant should be suppressed. Because we find it should, we reverse.
The facts of this case as found by the trial court established that on July 18, 1994, at approximately 1:45 a.m., K-9 Officer Terry Dawley of the Erie Police Department was alone, on routine patrol in the area of 23rd and German Streets with his dog “Cujo.” N.T.…
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3Cited by61 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. E.M.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
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