Commonwealth v. Torres
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
HOFFMAN, Judge:
This is a consolidated appeal, by the Commonwealth* from an order granting appellees’ motion to suppress physical evidence resulting from a warrantless search. The Commonwealth, presents the following issues for our review:
1. Did the lower court err in holding that police needed a warrant to walk onto commercial property open to the public?
2. Did the lower court err in holding that the officers’ inspection of an auto body shop was not consensual, where the record shows that one officer waited at the garage door while the other officer asked defendant whether they could look…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DuggerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Commonwealth v. ElliottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Commonwealth v. OglialoroSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
- Commonwealth v. CarelliSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Commonwealth v. CihylikSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MalinowskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Commonwealth v. BleeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Commonwealth v. BlackSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Commonwealth v. HudakSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Commonwealth v. DunkleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
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