Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Brandrup

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 15, 1976No. 233PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CERCONE, Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence on the ground that the evidence adduced at trial varied substantially from the charge set forth in the indictment.

On January 13, 1975, the grand jury of Westmoreland County returned a bill of indictment against appellant on charges of receiving stolen property,1 possessing instruments of crime,2 and former convict not to own [possess] a firearm.3 On February 26, 1975, the lower court sup*146pressed all physical evidence seized by the police pursuant to the search warrant executed in this case on October 25, 1974. The physical evidence…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. Stirone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  3. Commonwealth v. PopeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  4. Commonwealth v. SimioneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  5. Commonwealth v. DevlinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. AndrewsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  2. Commonwealth v. WoodsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  3. Commonwealth v. SpeicherSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. Commonwealth v. Gallagher, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Cumberland County1978
  5. Com. v. Brown, S.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015

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