Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 9/18/1992

Commonwealth v. Baker

Citations

615 A.2d 23
532 Pa. 121
1992 Pa. LEXIS 462

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noting probable cause is “based on a finding of ... probability, not a prima facie showing of criminal activity”
“[T]he duty of the reviewing court is simply to ensure that the magistrate had a substantial basis for ... concluding that probable cause existed.”
“[T]he duty of the reviewing court is simply to ensure that the magistrate had a substantial basis for . . . concluding that probable cause existed.”
in-formant’s tip that defendant was selling drugs corroborated by police officer’s first-hand observation
“[Deference is to be accorded a magistrate’s finding of probable cause”
\[D]eference is to be accorded a magistrate's finding of probable cause\

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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy

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