Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ryan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 1, 1979No. 513 and 163PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
O’BRIEN, Justice.
The instant appeals involve a single question of law which has never been addressed by this court: Can an issuing authority validly issue a search warrant for premises outside his or her magisterial district but within the same judicial district? We answer in the affirmative.
Appellants at No. 513 January Term, 1978, Patrick Ryan and Marianne Casano, were charged with violating the Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act. 1 Appellant at No. 153 March Term, 1978, Leslie Shaheen, was charged with operating a lottery. In both cases, evidence was…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Collins v. GesslerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Commonwealth v. ShaheenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. RyanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
3Cited by15 opinions
- Municial Publications, Inc. v. Court of Common PleasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Lomas, R. v. Kravitz, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
- Commonwealth v. RyanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Commonwealth v. BeckmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- In Re: Return of Seized Property of Lackawanna CtySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
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