Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 11/29/2011

Commonwealth v. Johnson

Citations

33 A.3d 122
2011 Pa. Super. 256
2011 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3758
2011 WL 5937983

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stating that “claims not raised in the trial court may not be raised for the first time on appeal.”
stating that “claims not raised in the trial court may not be raised for the first time on appeal.”
noting that it is “black letter law in this jurisdiction that an appellate court cannot consider anything which is not part of the record in the case.”
emphasizing that search warrants should not be invalidated by hypertechnical interpretations
stating that the requirement for specificity in a warrant has not been strictly construed, but has been historically tempered by the rule that search warrants should be read in a common sense fashion and should not be invalidated by hypertechnical interpretations
declining to reach merits of appellant’s issue where it was deemed waived

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Judges: Bowes, Donohue, Freedberg

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