Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Runyan

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 20, 2017No. 1498 WDA 2016PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

STEVENS, P.J.E.:

Appellant, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, appeals from the September 7, 2016, order granting the suppression motion filed by Appellee, Dawna J. Run-yan.1 Following our careful review of the record and the law, we reverse and remand.

Appellee was charged with three counts of possession of drug paraphernalia, 35 P.S. § 780—113(a)(32), and with the assistance of counsel, she filed an omnibus pretrial motion seeking to suppress physical evidence seized by the police. On September 7, 2016, the matter proceeded to a suppression hearing, at which the sole testifying…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Wyoming v. HoughtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  2. Commonwealth v. GarySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  3. Commonwealth v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  4. Commonwealth v. FreemanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  5. Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010

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3Cited by32 opinions

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