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Commonwealth v. Pickron

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 2, 1993No. 2315 and 2325PublishedCited by 60 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

Today we review a Superior Court Order reversing the Order of the Court of Common Pleas which suppressed certain items of evidence seized from Appellants’ home. The issue is whether the warrantless search by the parole officers violated Appellants’ fourth amendment rights. We hold today that the parole officers did violate their rights and we reverse the Order of the Superior Court.

The credible evidence at the Motion to Suppress established that on March 6, 1989, Pennsylvania State Parole Officers David Guglielmi and James Newton went to the defendant Robin Pickron’s…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Griffin v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. Commonwealth v. EdmundsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  3. United States v. James William GiannettaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
  4. United States v. James S. Hill, Jr., James HillCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
  5. United States v. John L. RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988

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3Cited by60 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. StricklerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  2. Commonwealth v. NesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  3. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  4. United States v. Manny Baker, A/K/A Henry Hurtt Manny BakerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
  5. Commonwealth v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001

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