Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Evans

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 21, 1996PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

2Per curiam

The Court being evenly divided, the Order of the Superior Court is hereby affirmed.

NIX, Former C.J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.

CAPPY, J., files an opinion in support of affirmance in which CASTILLE and NEWMAN, JJ., join.

NIGRO, J., files an opinion in support of reversal in which FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, J., join.

OPINION IN SUPPORT OF AFFIRMANCE

CAPPY, Justice.

The sole issue to be addressed in this appeal is whether there was sufficient probable cause to support the arrest of Appellant. Upon motion of Appellant, the Municipal Court of…

3Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Texas v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Commonwealth v. GraySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  4. Commonwealth v. CortezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  5. Commonwealth v. DeWittSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992

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4Cited by37 opinions

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  5. Commonwealth v. StewartSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1999

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