Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Gannon

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 23, 1982No. 1139PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRICE, Judge:

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from the order of the court below suppressing evidence which was seized pursuant to two warrants executed at appellee’s residence and at appellee’s bank. 1 We reverse the lower court’s suppression order.

On August 16, 1979 a search warrant was issued to search the premises of 314 W. 21st Street, Chester, Pennsylvania. The affidavit reports allegations of Lillian Tonden, 72, that her bank accounts at Fidelity Bank had been depleted by more than $30,000 and that more than one thousand stock shares, valued at $50,000 had been redeemed by her…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Zurcher v. Stanford DailySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Commonwealth v. DeJohnSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  5. Commonwealth v. MatthewsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SchaefferSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. In Re Search Warrant B-21778 GartleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  3. Commonwealth v. DavisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  4. Commonwealth v. RapakSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  5. Commonwealth v. BarbaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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