Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Zelasny

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 15, 1993No. 280PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Judge:

Michael Zelasny entered a guilty plea to possession of drugs with intent to deliver and to criminal conspiracy, subject to his right to appeal the denial of his earlier motion to suppress tangible evidence. On this appeal, we are asked to determine whether exigent circumstances arose sufficient to support a warrantless stop and search of a motor vehicle believed to be *587involved in the transportation of controlled substances into the Commonwealth.

The trial court determined that probable cause to support issuance of the search warrant was lacking because the affidavit provided “no…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GraySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  2. Commonwealth v. MillikenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. Commonwealth v. BakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  4. Commonwealth v. ConnSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  5. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WestSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
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  3. Commonwealth v. CampersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  4. Commonwealth v. RevereSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  5. Commonwealth v. CottoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998

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