Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Taylor

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 9, 1993No. 01254PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POPOVICH, Judge.

This is an appeál from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County,. which suppressed wiretap evidence and marked currency taken from appellee. 1 The lower court concluded that the wiretap evidence was not lawfully gathered pursuant to “suspected criminal activity” within the language of the Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 5704(2)(ii) (hereinafter “the Act”), and, therefore, the fruits resulting from the wiretapping had to be suppressed.

We, however, find that the Commonwealth acted in conformity to the language of the Act…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. DuggerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Richerson v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
  3. Commonwealth v. BlystoneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. Commonwealth v. GriscavageSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  5. Commonwealth v. BigelowSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. NelsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
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  4. Estate of Franks v. Allstate InsuranceDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1995
  5. Commonwealth v. McMillanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011

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