Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Mimms
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 23, 1978No. 45PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
POMEROY, Justice.
Appellant, Harry Mimms was convicted in the trial court of carrying a concealed deadly weapon1 and unlawfully *556carrying a firearm without a license.2 The Superior Court affirmed the conviction, Commonwealth v. Mimms, 232 Pa.Super. 486, 335 A.2d 516 (1975), and we granted allocatur.
Our original decision was to reverse the Superior Court and direct a new trial on the ground that appellant’s revolver had been seized by the police in a manner which violated the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Commonwealth v. Mimms, 471 Pa. 546, 370…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Pennsylvania v. MimmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Wiegand v. WiegandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth v. MoodySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. MimmsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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3Cited by36 opinions
- State v. CaraherOregon Supreme Court · 1982
- People v. WoodNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- Commonwealth v. HoskinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Commonwealth v. RawlsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
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