Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Wright
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 16, 1963No. Appeal, 380PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Eagen,
The Commonwealth appeals from an order of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Philadelphia County, granting the petition of the defendant, Walter Wright, under indictment for murder, to suppress certain money evidence allegedly obtained through an illegal search and seizure.
*83The relevant facts may be stated thusly: On October 26, 1961, at about 3:15 a.m., an armed robbery of a taproom in South Philadelphia occurred, during which the bartender was shot and killed. Information given the police pointed the finger of suspicion at the defendant, who was arrested without a…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- United States v. RabinowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Agnello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by46 opinions
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