Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Nelson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 1, 1980No. 148PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
2Per curiam
The Court being equally divided, the order of the Superior Court is affirmed.
ROBERTS, J., filed an Opinion in Support of Affirmance in which O’BRIEN and NIX, JJ., join. LARSEN, J., filed an Opinion in Support of Reversal in which EAGEN, C. J., and FLAHERTY, J., join.
OPINION IN SUPPORT OF AFFIRMANCE
ROBERTS, Justice.
I agree with the conclusion of the suppression court, affirmed by the Superior Court, that the arrest of appellee Hadley Nelson is not supported by probable cause. These courts correctly held that the victim’s identification of appellee following arrest, appellee’s confession…
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