Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Jones
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 16, 2010No. 40 MAP 2008PublishedCited by 343 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice McCAFFERY.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania appeals from the order of the Superior Court vacating Curtis Jones’s judgment of sentence for first-degree murder and robbery. The Superior Court concluded that the search warrant issued during the investigation of the murder and robbery was invalid and that evidence seized pursuant to that warrant should have been suppressed. We reverse, concluding that the Superior Court erred by not upholding the validity of a search warrant supported by probable cause.
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