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· 4/16/1963

Commonwealth v. Bosurgi

Citations

  • 411 Pa. 56
  • 190 A.2d 304
  • 1963 Pa. LEXIS 477

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • interpreting Mapp to require the exclusion of illegally seized evidence as “an essential part of both the 4th and 14th Amendments,”
  • Commonwealth's prosecution is substantially handicapped following grant of pre-trial suppression order because it cannot present all its available evidence
  • Commonwealth’s prosecution is substantially handicapped following grant of pre-trial suppression order because it cannot present all its available evidence
  • police may conduct warrantless arrest where there is probable cause to believe that a suspect has committed a felony
  • police may conduct warrantless arrest where there is probable cause to believe that a suspect has committed a felony
  • practical effect of an order granting the suppression of evidence gives to the order such an attribute of finality as to justify the grant of the right of appeal to the Commonwealth

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Bell, Musmanno, Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O'Brien

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