Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Chernosky

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 27, 2005PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

BOWES, J.:

¶ 1 This appeal by the Commonwealth is from the trial court’s decision to grant a motion to suppress evidence filed by Ap-pellee, Kimberly Chernosky. We reverse.

¶ 2 Initially, we examine the pertinent standard of review:

When the Commonwealth appeals from a suppression order, we follow a clearly defined standard of review and consider only the evidence from the defendant’s witnesses together with the evidence of the prosecution that, when read in the *125context of the entire record, remains uncontradicted. The suppression court’s findings of fact bind an appellate court if the…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. United States v. HensleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Commonwealth v. MasonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  3. Commonwealth v. O'SheaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  4. Commonwealth v. FreemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  5. Commonwealth v. KenneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BarberSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  2. Commonwealth v. MillerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  3. Commonwealth v. DommelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  4. Commonwealth v. EnickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  5. Commonwealth v. HenrySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008

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