Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. English

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 23, 2003PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.

¶ 1 Appellant Jeffrey Allan English, convicted in Butler County of manufacturing a controlled substance and related charges, brings this direct appeal from judgment of sentence. We vacate and remand.

¶ 2 On August 6, 2001, Cranberry Township Patrolman Robert O’Neill and Detective Frank Evanson received an anonymous tip that the occupants of 206 Hester Drive were growing marijuana on their back porch. The following day the officers went to the residence to investigate. They knocked several times on the front door, got no response, and then walked around toward the back of the house. Their path…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BrundidgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  2. Commonwealth v. DuncanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  3. Commonwealth v. GommerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Commonwealth v. WeikSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Commonwealth v. BallardSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002

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3Cited by20 opinions

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  5. Commonwealth v. LeeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2009

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