Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Linde
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 28, 1972No. Appeal, 32PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Eagen,
This is a direct appeal from the judgment of sentence of life imprisonment imposed on Elmer Carl Linde following his conviction by a jury of murder in the first degree. We conclude the judgment must be set aside because of the use at trial of evidence which had been obtained by an unlawful search and seizure.
The essential facts are these:
Linde and Buth Nolan became romantically involved but the relationship ran into stormy days. About 1:30 A.M., on June 13, 1958, after having con sumed a quantity of alcohol and stealing a gun from a neighboring roomer in his…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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- Commonwealth v. ShafferSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
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3Cited by31 opinions
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