Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Povish

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 2, 1978No. 32PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant was charged with robbing an employee of the Dairy-Lea store in Williamsport on December 3, 1973, and again on December 12, 1973. 1 On February 15, 1974, appellant filed a motion to suppress clothing seized pursuant to an invalid search warrant. A hearing was held on this motion on March 4, 1974. At this hearing, appellant sought to file a second or supplemental written suppression motion alleging that certain pre-trial identifications were unconstitutionally obtained. 2 The court granted appellant’s motion to suppress clothing but denied, without…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
  3. Nardone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  4. Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  5. Commonwealth v. AllenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PursellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Commonwealth v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  3. Commonwealth v. PennSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. Commonwealth v. HutchinsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  5. Commonwealth v. MorrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986

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