Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Queen

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 24, 1994No. 17 E.D. Appeal Docket 1993PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

We granted Appellant’s Petition for Allowance of Appeal to consider his argument that the evidence presented by the Commonwealth at his suppression hearing was insufficient to support the search of his person and the seizure of his firearm. 1 Appellant bases his argument on the failure of the Commonwealth to present testimony from the detective who arguably had knowledge of articulable facts to support a reasonable suspicion that Appellant was involved in a robbery. Instead, the Commonwealth presented testimony of the police officer to whom the detective indicated his…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. United States v. HensleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Whiteley v. Warden, Wyoming State PenitentiarySupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Commonwealth v. CortezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  5. Commonwealth v. KenneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972

3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. JacksonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  2. Commonwealth v. MarinelliSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  3. Commonwealth v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  4. Commonwealth v. StevensonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  5. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014

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