Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Peterson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 5, 1993No. 37 E.D. Appeal Docket 1992PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MONTEMURO, Justice.
We have granted permission for this appeal in order to determine whether warrantless entry by police into an abandoned storefront where drugs were being sold violates the constitutional prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures.
Appellant was arrested when he was found to be marked with an indelible, perspiration activated blue dye from a specially prepared and recorded ten dollar bill passed to him by a police officer making a controlled purchase of cocaine. The transaction took place though a three inch hole in the door of the abandoned storefront where…
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