Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Lemanski

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 20, 1987No. 400PublishedCited by 63 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*337CIRILLO, President Judge:

Appellant, Richard Lemanski, appeals from a judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Potter County, following his conviction of possession of a controlled substance and manufacture of marijuana. We reverse and remand.

In October of 1984, Trooper Dale Cogley of the Pennsylvania State Police received a tip from an informant that plants, suspected of being marijuana, were growing in appellant’s greenhouse. The informant was a private citizen and, according to Trooper Cogley’s affidavit, was “familiar” with marijuana identification. Based on this…

2Cases cited66 opinions

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  2. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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3Cited by63 opinions

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