Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Anderson

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 2, 1987No. 189PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOFFMAN, Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence for burglary. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress out-of-court and in-court identifications and physical evidence because (1) his arrest was unsupported by probable cause; (2) the out-of-court identification procedure was unduly suggestive. We agree that appellant’s arrest was unsupported by probable cause and that his motion to suppress should have been granted in regard to the out-of-court identification and the physical evidence. We disagree that the in-court identification also…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. Commonwealth v. HicksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
  5. Commonwealth v. LovetteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ElliottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  2. Commonwealth v. AgnewSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  3. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  4. Commonwealth v. ChaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  5. Commonwealth v. SanchezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992

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