Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Trefry

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 29, 1977No. 642PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*120PRICE, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the court below suppressing certain evidence. The Commonwealth alleges that, due to this order, it is “substantially handicapped because it cannot present all its available evidence.” Commonwealth v. Bosurgi, 411 Pa. 56, 63, 190 A.2d 304, 308 (1963); see also Commonwealth v. Deren, 233 Pa.Super. 373, 337 A.2d 600 (1975). We reverse the order of the lower court.

On November 19, 1975, at approximately 2:17 a.m., appellee Calvin Trefry, driving an automobile on Route 8 in Hampton Township, Allegheny County, struck and killed Vicky Dean. Mr. Trefry…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Commonwealth v. BosurgiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  3. Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  4. Commonwealth v. QuarlesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  5. Commonwealth v. RobinsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BensonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  2. Commonwealth v. ReynoldsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  3. Commonwealth v. LapiaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  4. Commonwealth v. SpeightsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  5. Commonwealth v. AriziniSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980

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