Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. McDonnell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 16, 1986No. 71 Middle District Appeal Docket 1985PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HUTCHINSON, Justice.
The Commonwealth appeals by allowance a Superior Court order, 343 Pa.Super. 614, 494 A.2d 482, affirming Adams County Common Pleas’ order granting appellee’s pre-trial motion for suppression of evidence. The trial court found that police officers executing a valid search warrant failed to comply with Pa.R.Crim.P. 2007, the so-called “knock and announce” rule, when they entered an unlocked porch to knock on the door of the house described in the warrant. Thus, it held that evidence seized in the house as a result of the officer’s search of the house…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Commonwealth v. MasonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Commonwealth v. NorrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Commonwealth v. DeMichelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Commonwealth v. NewmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. CromptonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
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