Legal Opinion
In the Interest of S.J.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 19, 1998No. 24 E.D.Appeal Docket 1996PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*640NIGRO, Justice.
This is an appeal from an order of the Superior Court which affirmed the trial court’s denial of Appellant’s motion to suppress evidence. For the reasons which follow, we reverse.
In reviewing a suppression court’s ruling, we are bound by those factual findings of the suppression court which are supported by the record. Commonwealth v. Slaton, 530 Pa. 207, 208, 608 A.2d 5, 5 (1992); Commonwealth v. James, 506 Pa. 526, 533, 486 A.2d 376, 379 (1985); Commonwealth v. Lark, 505 Pa. 126, 129, 477 A.2d 857, 859 (1984).
In the instant case, the trial court made the following findings of…
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