Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sierra
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 6, 1999No. 160 M.D. Appeal Docket 1996PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
2Per curiam
AND NOW, this 6th day of January, 1999, the Court being evenly divided the order of Superior Court is Affirmed.
Justice NIGRO files an Opinion in Support of Affirmance. Justice CASTILLE files an Opinion in Support of Reversal in which Justice NEWMAN joins. Justice CAPPY files an Opinion in Support of Reversal.
OPINION IN SUPPORT OF AFFIRMANCE
NIGRO, Justice.
This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from an order of the Superior Court reversing appellee’s judgment of sentence for firearms offenses and remanding for further proceedings. At issue is whether the evidence seized from appellee during…
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