Commonwealth v. Carlton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
*177OPINION OF THE COURT1
FLAHERTY, Chief Justice.
These consolidated cases are appeals from orders of the Superior Court affirming the judgments of sentence of Joseph Carlton and Donald Carlton after they were convicted of drug trafficking offenses. This court granted the appellants’ petitions for allowance of appeal to determine whether the police violated the “knock and announce” rule when they executed a valid search warrant and seized crack cocaine, a handgun, ammunition, and drug paraphernalia.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On January 28, 1992, Philadelphia police purchased crack cocaine from…
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2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. SellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
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- Commonwealth v. NewmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
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