Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Johnson

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 27, 2016No. 2001 EDA 2015PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY PLATT, J.:

Appellant, Earl Johnson, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas (CCP) following his conviction, after a trial de novo, of possession of a small amount of marijuana. On appeal, Appellant challenges the denial of his motion to suppress evidence by the Municipal Court of Philadelphia (Municipal Court). After careful review, we conclude that Appellant has waived his issue and affirm the judgment of sentence.

We take the following relevant facts and procedural history from the CCP's June 24, 2015 opinion and our…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ColemanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  2. Commonwealth v. BestSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  3. Commonwealth v. MenezesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  4. Commonwealth v. BeaufortSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  5. Commonwealth v. DobsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979

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3Cited by12 opinions

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