Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Smith
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 31, 2017No. Com. v. Smith, D. No. 521 EDA 2015PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
OTT, J.:
David Smith appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed on September 11, 2014, in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County following his conviction by jury on charges of first-degree murder, robbery, and carrying a firearm on public streets of Philadelphia without a license. 1 Smith was sentenced to a term of life incarceration. In this timely appeal, he raises one issue. Smith claims the trial ’ court erred in failing to suppress results of the warrantless testing of DNA evidence taken from his clothing and person. After a thorough review of the submissions by the…
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