Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. DeMichel

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 22, 1971No. Appeal, 641PublishedCited by 119 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Robeets,

Upon the basis of various lottery paraphernalia seized pursuant to a search warrant and introduced into evidence at trial, appellant Adam' DeMichel was convicted of setting up and maintaining an illegal lottery and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for three to twelve months and to pay a fine of five hundred dollars plus costs. In this appeal from the judgment of sentence, appellant asserts that the evidence that led to his conviction was the fruit of an illegally executed search warrant. Upon reviewing the record we must agree.

Appellant was arrested on January…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. United States v. Di ReSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  4. Commonwealth v. NewmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  5. Commonwealth v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968

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3Cited by119 opinions

  1. In the Interest of L.J.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  2. Commonwealth v. StanleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  3. Commonwealth v. ChackoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  4. Commonwealth v. HarmonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  5. Commonwealth v. SamuelsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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