Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Black
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 14, 1987No. 02131PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BECK, Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence imposed by the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County following appellant’s conviction for possession of controlled substances. Appellant contends that the trial court erred by failing to suppress evidence. The police had seized the evidence pursuant to a warrantless search of a private club which was licensed to serve alcohol by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (“PLCB”). We agree that the police search in question was not authorized by the Liquor Code 1 and that items obtained as a result of this search should not have been…
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