Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Copertino
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 17, 1966No. Appeals, 532 and 533PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Jacobs, J.,
The Commonwealth appeals from the pretrial order of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia County suppressing evidence obtained during a search of a two story row house at 7217 West Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia. The Commonwealth will be substantially handicapped in the presentation of this case by the suppression of this evidence; thus its appeal at this time is proper. Commonwealth v. Fisher, 422 Pa. 134, 221 A. 2d 115 (1966).
On January 4, 1966 Officer Spaticini of the Philadelphia Police Department obtained a search warrant. The affidavit and warrant described…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. Savannah Hinton, United States of America v. Susie Powers, Alias Susie PendletonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1955
- United States v. SantoreCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- People v. RaineyNew York Court of Appeals · 1964
- Commonwealth v. SmyserSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- United States v. PoppittDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1964
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. ChamberlainSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
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