Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Thomas
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 1, 2018No. 2164 EDA 2016PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY STEVENS, P.J.E.:
*80 The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County granting the pretrial suppression motion filed by Appellee Kareem Thomas. After careful review, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.
The relevant facts and procedural history are as follows: in the early morning hours of February 21, 2016, at approximately 1:20 a.m., Philadelphia Police Officer Owen Schaeffer was on patrol in the 12 th District of Philadelphia when he received a radio report of a black male with a gun near 6400 Greenway Avenue. The…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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