Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. DeFelice

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 29, 1977No. 1335PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOFFMAN, Judge:

The Commonwealth has appealed the suppression by the lower court of appellee’s out-of-court identifications and arrest.1 Because the lower court did not suppress the appellee’s confession, the fruits of the robbery or the complaining *519witnesses’ in-court identifications, the Commonwealth has not been substantially handicapped in its ability to proceed to trial. Therefore, we quash this appeal.

During the morning of October 9, 1974, a lone gunman robbed a pharmacy in Haverford Township, Delaware County. At approximately 10:00 a. m., two Haverford Township police reported to the…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Commonwealth v. BosurgiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  5. Commonwealth v. BordnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LapiaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Commonwealth v. HinksonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Commonwealth v. KunkelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. Commonwealth v. MarconiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  5. Commonwealth v. WeimerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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