Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. White
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 29, 1995No. 31 WD Appeal Docket 1993PublishedCited by 177 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Justice.
The sole issue raised in this case is whether the police may conduct a warrantless search of an automobile, absent exigent circumstances, after its occupants have been arrested and are outside the automobile in police custody. For the reasons that follow, we hold that such a search is illegal and that evidence seized as a result must be suppressed.
The facts of record are that in late 1989 Pittsburgh police received anonymous telephone calls identifying William White and Henry Bennett as drug dealers. The caller described the two men and gave their…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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