Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Petty

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 10, 2017No. 1739 EDA 2016PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

SHOGAN, J.:

Appellant, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, appeals from the May 12, 2016 order granting the suppression motion filed by Appellee, Deshannon Petty.1 Following our careful review of the record and the law, we reverse and remand.

The suppression court summarized the facts as follows:

The Philadelphia Narcotics Unit set up surveillance at the target location of 5203 “C” Street, City and County of Philadelphia. On each of the following dates drug purchases were completed using a confidential informant. The dates were June 11, 2015, June 23, 2015 and June 25, 2015. The seller…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. United States v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Commonwealth v. DuggerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  3. Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  4. State v. WalkerOregon Supreme Court · 2011
  5. Commonwealth v. KornSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. RunyanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
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  5. Com. v. Barry, C., IIISuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019

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