Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Simmons
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 8, 2011No. 1312 EDA 2010PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
OLSON, J.:
Appellant, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, appeals from an order entered on April 16, 2010, which granted Jamar Simmons’ motion to suppress physical evidence. For the following reasons we reverse and remand for further proceedings.
The trial court set forth the relevant factual and procedural history as follows:
In opposition to the motion [to suppress] the Commonwealth produced Philadelphia Police Officer Charles Gal-iczynski. He testified that on January 9, 2009, he was on a tour of duty for the 15th District in a marked car with a fellow officer when he arrested…
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